Synonyms of maroon

maroon

verb

as in to leave

to cause to remain behind

sailors marooned on a desert island

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leave
• strand
• abandon
• desert
• dump
• forsake
• ditch
• walk out on
• walk away from
• shed
• fling
• scrap
• quit
• throw away
• cut off
• discard
• relinquish
• escape
• throw out
• retreat (from)
• withdraw (from)
• vacate
• separate (from)
• hand over
• sacrifice
• ignore
• yield
• jettison
• junk
• give up
• shuck (off)
• surrender
• renounce
• take off (from)
• forget
• reject
• repudiate
• deliver
• disown
• distance
• abjure
• disregard
• neglect

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• have
• retain
• possess
• own
• keep
• reserve
• hold
• withhold
• reclaim
• save
• harbor
• redeem
• rescue

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of maroon

As a white male who inhabited a once homogeneous town, Harry feels marooned, marginalized by the social and racial turmoil of the late 1960s. — Time, 12 May 2026

Prior to the launch of Sunday Ticket in 1994, a Colts fan marooned in Gotham would have no recourse but to head out to a sports bar. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026

Thinking of my mother marooned in her house was dismaying to me. — Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026

The oldest sleeper carriage on the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express, Sleeping Car 3309 was famously marooned in a snow drift sixty miles from Istanbul in 1929. — Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2026