Synonyms of marooned

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adjective

as in abandoned

Related Words

• abandoned
• feeble
• unarmed
• high and dry
• overcome
• passive
• weak
• disarmed
• uncovered
• frail
• helpless
• unsafe
• unprotected
• untenable
• vulnerable
• resistless
• defenseless
• preyed (on or upon)
• undefended
• indefensible
• exposed
• susceptible
• unguarded
• unresistant

Dissimilar Words

• resistant
• protected
• sheltered
• covered
• safe
• secure
• armed
• fortified
• defensible
• invulnerable
• screened
• shielded
• guarded
• armored
• immune
• strong
• impenetrable
• invincible
• impregnable
• omnipotent
• unassailable
• unconquerable
• unbeatable
• almighty

marooned

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verb

past tense of maroon

as in stranded

to cause to remain behind

sailors marooned on a desert island

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stranded
• left
• abandoned
• deserted
• dumped
• forsook
• flung
• discarded
• escaped
• quit
• walked away from
• walked out on
• shed
• relinquished
• scrapped
• jettisoned
• vacated
• withdrew (from)
• ignored
• sacrificed
• ditched
• junked
• rejected
• separated (from)
• cut off
• surrendered
• retreated (from)
• handed over
• renounced
• delivered
• gave up
• threw away
• neglected
• shucked (off)
• forgot
• took off (from)
• yielded
• repudiated
• disowned
• threw out
• disregarded
• abjured
• distanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of marooned

Adjective

The series is based on a simple premise, following up to 24 starving and marooned people who are forced to vote one another off the island. — Charlotte Walsh, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026

That’s the epiphany of a marooned American astronaut who thinks he’s been rescued by kindly Martians, only to realize he’s been installed as the newest exhibit in their zoo. — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026

On Thursday, officials in Jamaica deployed emergency crews to help clear roads and drop food and supplies into marooned communities. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025

In the 2015 science fiction blockbuster The Martian, the United States makes a rushed effort to send life-sustaining provisions to its marooned astronaut on the Red Planet. — David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Dec. 2017

Verb

Without progress on either Hamas’s disarmament or Israel’s withdrawal, the Palestinian governing committee (currently marooned in Cairo) and police force cannot enter Gaza; neither can any international force. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

Gosling is in the conversation for Best Actor for his portrayal of a scientist marooned alone on a spacecraft, as are Sandra Hüller and James Ortiz, who plays the sage extraterrestrial Rocky. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

Guests are provided a golf cart to get to and fro, as sandy paths are unmarked and unpaved to exude the look and feel of being marooned. — Joey Skladany, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Andrew Garfield Brought Gifts Before getting marooned in Albuquerque with Owen Thiele, Andrew Garfield helped celebrate Jimmy Kimmel’s 5,000th episode. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

The Kennedy Center has grown increasingly marooned from its many patrons and performing arts peers in recent months, and today has a starkly sparse programming schedule. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

David is especially marooned, a man of a certain generation in a culture that’s rapidly slipping into illegibility for him. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

The impetus for baseball to seize control of in-market games was accelerated by the demise of the Main Street Sports RSNs, which marooned nine MLB clubs. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026

Cox, entering the game, just stood there, awkwardly marooned in foul territory. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 June 2026