Synonyms of forsaken

forsaken 1 of 2

adjective

as in deserted

left unoccupied or unused

the forsaken paper mill was now a rusting wreck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deserted
• abandoned
• disused
• desolate
• derelict
• vacant
• rejected
• forgotten
• vacated
• void
• neglected
• discarded
• ignored
• empty
• unattended
• untended
• junked
• waste
• refuse
• shabby
• idle
• jettisoned
• miserable
• godforsaken
• cast-off
• castaway
• wretched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saved
• redeemed
• reclaimed
• recovered
• restored
• salvaged
• retrieved
• rescued
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

forsaken

2 of 2

verb

past participle of forsake

as in abandoned

to cause to remain behind

forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abandoned
• left
• deserted
• forgotten
• discarded
• stranded
• marooned
• dumped
• relinquished
• ignored
• quit
• walked away from
• flung
• shed
• scrapped
• escaped
• walked out on
• vacated
• sacrificed
• rejected
• thrown away
• renounced
• ditched
• jettisoned
• withdrawn (from)
• surrendered
• neglected
• separated (from)
• cut off
• junked
• thrown out
• delivered
• retreated (from)
• given up
• repudiated
• taken off (from)
• disowned
• disregarded
• handed over
• shucked (off)
• abjured
• yielded
• distanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• had
• owned
• possessed
• retained
• withheld
• kept
• reserved
• reclaimed
• held
• saved
• harbored
• rescued
• redeemed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forsaken

Adjective

The funding infusion represents the second significant capital raised toward the sweeping project, which so far has involved entities connected to Mehta purchasing half a dozen properties on three blocks of Fillmore between Clay and Pine streets, including the forsaken theater. — Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026

Swift rewrites the forsaken lover's fate through her own lens. — Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025

All those lonesome, forsaken, snuffed-out lives. — Huda Fakhreddine august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025

Verb

Ultimately, that comeback success was enough to get a show that the Emmys had previously forsaken back on their radar, cementing its return to form. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Anguished and alone, Nick is similarly cast away, seemingly cursed to spend the rest of his days forsaken in his hometown, now a foreign land. — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

By the end of that series, Kim had forsaken her lawless life in Albuquerque and moved to a Florida suburb, giving up her legal career to work in peace at a sprinkler company. — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 9 June 2026

Originally built as peasant dwellings and then long forsaken by locals, many trulli in the town center and the surrounding countryside have now been renovated and transformed into holiday homes or B&Bs, shops, and restaurants. — Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 21 Jan. 2026

In her resignation video, Greene said the president has forsaken the MAGA base, specifically pointing to his support of the crypto and pharmaceutical industries. — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025

The president has not only broken with the policy of the Biden administration but also seems to have forsaken the strategic direction of his own first term. — Lael Brainard, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025

In practice, that means neither Croatia nor Serbia claims them, although officials say that does not mean they have been forsaken. — Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025

The drama is set in the mid-1990s and follows a pivotal day in the life of Murphy’s eponymous character and his students amidst a world that has forsaken them. — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025