Abandon Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-băndən
To leave a person, place, or thing in trouble
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. forsake
  2. desert
  3. quit
  4. leave
  5. vacate
  6. throw over
  7. back out on
  8. run away
  9. break-with
  10. break up with
  11. defect
  12. reject
  13. disown
  14. cast-off
  15. ostracize
  16. maroon
  17. strand
  18. have done with
  19. be done with
  20. depart from
  21. flee
  22. evacuate
  23. throw overboard
  24. jettison
  25. leave-behind
  26. slip away from
  27. turn one's back on
  28. stand up
  29. leave in the lurch
  30. leave high and dry
  31. walk-out-on
  32. run-out-on
  33. skip out on
  34. fink out on
  35. take-a-powder
  36. duck-out
  37. bolt
  38. bail out
  39. turn-tail
  40. leave flat
  41. leave in the cold
  42. drop
  43. ditch
  44. bid a long farewell
  45. desolate
  46. empty
Antonyms:
  1. uphold
  2. keep
  3. cherish
  4. retain
  5. pursue
  6. favor
  7. protect
  8. adopt
  9. defend
  10. support
  11. assert
To give up
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abdicate
  2. forswear
  3. relinquish
  4. give up
  5. renounce
  6. resign
  7. surrender
  8. waive
  9. yield
  10. cede
  11. hand over
  12. forgo
  13. discard
  14. quit
  15. apostatize
  16. drop
  17. chuck
  18. quitclaim
  19. leave off
  20. withdraw from
  21. discontinue
  22. give over
  23. break off
  24. throw over
  25. throw off
  26. let-go
  27. cease
  28. desist
  29. dispense with
  30. lay down
  31. demit
  32. cast-aside
  33. cast-off
  34. cast away
  35. give away
  36. part-with
  37. abjure
  38. forfeit
  39. abscond
  40. deliver
  41. lay aside
  42. defect
  43. concede
  44. depart
  45. desert
  46. disclaim
  47. ditch
  48. back down from
  49. back out of
  50. go-back-on
  51. flee
  52. break-with
  53. break
  54. forsake
  55. render
  56. lose hope of
  57. despair of
  58. freedom
  59. have done with
  60. be done with
  61. secede from
  62. jettison
  63. bow-out
  64. junk
  65. pull out
  66. leave
  67. leave in the lurch
  68. break the pattern
  69. liberty
  70. break the habit
  71. license
  72. throw-in-the-towel
  73. maroon
  74. throw-in-the-sponge
  75. neglect
  76. cop out
  77. hang up the fiddle
  78. rashness
  79. recant
  80. reject
  81. remit
  82. repudiate
  83. scrap
  84. scuttle
  85. stop
  86. surcease
  87. turpitude
  88. vacate
To let (something) go
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cede
  2. forgo
  3. lay down
  4. relinquish
  5. surrender
  6. yield
To cease trying to accomplish or continue
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. break off
  2. desist
  3. discontinue
  4. give up
  5. leave off
  6. quit
  7. relinquish
  8. remit
  9. stop
  10. swear off
  11. lay off
To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. give over
  2. give up
  3. surrender
A careless, often reckless disregard for consequences
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. carelessness
  2. heedlessness
  3. thoughtlessness
  4. committedness
  5. cursoriness
  6. degenerateness
  7. depravedness
  8. inordinacy
  9. fervidness
  10. heatedness
  11. immoderacy
  12. offhandedness
  13. immoderateness
  14. impassionedness
  15. indiscipline
  16. regardlessness
  17. nonintimidation
  18. reprobacy
  19. too-muchness
  20. unpreparedness
  21. unconscionableness
  22. uncontrol
  23. undueness
  24. unreadiness
  25. unrestrainedness
  26. unsolicitude
  27. unthinkingness
  28. unstrictness
Antonyms:
  1. self-restraint
  2. restraint
To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. relinquish

Words Related to Abandon

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Abandon Sentence Examples

  • She couldn't abandon her babies to him, even if he was their father.

  • Arrived in the river Plate in 1527, rumours reached Cabot of mineral wealth and a rich and civilized empire in the far interior, and he resolved to abandon surveying for exploration.

  • She knew she needed to leave him but couldn't find it in her to abandon the only place she'd ever felt safe.

  • He'll have to abandon it, if Annie Quincy really is—one of those girls.

  • We have paid for the right to look at the matter plainly and simply, and we will not abandon that right.

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