Synonyms of stranded

stranded 1 of 2

adjective

as in landed

resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water

stranded whales often die because their bodies overheat on the hot sand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• landed
• grounded
• beached
• aground
• high and dry
• alongshore

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• offshore
• afloat

stranded

2 of 2

verb

past tense of strand

1

as in wrecked

to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking

the ghostly remains of ships that had been stranded by the reef

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrecked
• scuttled
• shipwrecked
• beached
• foundered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovered
• salvaged

2

as in left

to cause to remain behind

he just drove off, stranding her in some dinky town with just a few bucks and the clothes she was wearing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stranded

Verb

The Royals left the tying run stranded on second base as Pirates closer Mason Montgomery retired Salvador Perez, Maikel Garcia and Loftin to end a late threat. — Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026

At one crossing with Turkey, 3,700 trucks were stranded on the Iranian side. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

By the end, both characters are thoroughly stranded, almost as if the series creators finally realized that the people covering the story weren’t the real story after having already committed in that direction. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Set in the Basque Country in 1930, the film tells the story of an English ship that is stranded on the shores of Biscay during a violent storm. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

Hundreds of oil trucks were stranded when protesters blocked a highway. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Anyone who encounters a dead or stranded marine mammal is urged to leave the animal alone and immediately report the sighting to local wildlife authorities or the Marine Mammal Stranding Network. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Netflix documentary The Lost Children tells the almost unbelievable tale of four children stranded after a plane crash in the jungles of Colombia. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

As part of those efforts, 269 Nepali nationals stranded on the Chinese side of the border have been rescued and returned home in the past two days, a senior regional official told CNN on Friday. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026