Synonyms of stranding

stranding 1 of 2

noun

as in grounding

Related Words

• grounding
• wrecking
• beaching
• shipwreck
• wreck
• sinking
• shipwrecking
• wreckage
• foundering
• scuttling

Dissimilar Words

• recovery
• salvage
• salvaging

stranding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of strand

1

as in wrecking

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

• wrecking
• scuttling
• shipwrecking
• beaching
• foundering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovering
• salvaging

2

as in leaving

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

• leaving
• abandoning
• dumping
• deserting
• marooning
• forsaking
• discarding
• walking away from
• quitting
• flinging
• escaping
• ditching
• walking out on
• shedding
• scrapping
• relinquishing
• sacrificing
• ignoring
• vacating
• throwing away
• jettisoning
• separating (from)
• withdrawing (from)
• surrendering
• yielding
• retreating (from)
• rejecting
• junking
• renouncing
• cutting off
• throwing out
• taking off (from)
• forgetting
• distancing
• delivering
• disregarding
• handing over
• shucking (off)
• neglecting
• giving up
• repudiating
• disowning
• abjuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• having
• keeping
• retaining
• holding
• possessing
• owning
• reserving
• withholding
• saving
• reclaiming
• harboring
• rescuing
• redeeming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stranding

Noun

North Beach and North Beach Road have been temporarily closed as a result of the stranding, the National Park Service said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Similar to a person involved in a car accident, dolphins can become injured and exhausted during a stranding and should never be pushed or dragged back into the water, IFAW warned. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

And since its stranding, the animal has reportedly been breathing irregularly and hardly moving. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026

The stranding took place at Bigbury Beach in South Devon, about 230 miles southwest of London, according to a statement from the Devon Wildlife Trust, a local conservation charity. — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025

Verb

Heavy rain flooded parts of Broward County, stranding cars at Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise and outside Amerant Bank Arena, and soaking neighborhoods in Plantation Acres. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Has the movie somehow justified, by stranding the poet, the family’s vain but common-sense view of life? — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Aaron Ashby, who did his best Houdini impression by stranding multiple Dodgers baserunners in scoring position, recorded the three-inning save in the clinching win. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

The downpour Wednesday night flooded homes and businesses and inundated roads and underpasses, stranding vehicles and causing traffic chaos in Turkey’s largest city. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

From there, the league’s best bullpen held the Dodgers to two singles in the last four innings, with the Dodgers stranding two runners on base in two of them. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

And in the ninth, Trent Grisham went down swinging against Rays closer Bryan Baker for the final out, stranding a runner at second. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Milwaukee led the majors in hits this season, but collected just seven in Game 1 while stranding nine runners. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Starship had gone 99 percent of the way to orbit before, only held back by safety concerns around the possibility of stranding the huge rocket in space. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026