Abandon

//əˈbæn.dən//

Synonyms for "abandon" (442 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (132)

cursoriness cut cut it out debasement decadence decadency dedication deep six deep-six defect degeneracy degenerateness degeneration degradation delirium deliver up demit demoralization deny depart

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depart from depravation depravedness depravity despair devotedness devotion devoutness disappear discard discontinue disgorge dismiss dispense dispense with dispose of disregardfulness dissipation dissoluteness disuse ditch do without drop it drop out drop the subject dump earnestness ease easiness ecstasy egregiousness eighty six eighty-six eliminate end enormousness exaggeration excess excessiveness exorbitance exorbitancy extravagance extravagancy extreme extremes extremism extremity exuberance fabulousness facility fail faith faithfulness fervency fervidness fervor fidelity fire fire and fury forego forget forget about it forget it forgetfulness forlet freedom frenzy fun furor furore fury games get along without get quit of get rid of get shut of giantism gigantism give give away gluttony go back on goldbrick goof off halt hand over hastiness have done with heartiness heat heatedness heedlessness hold hyperbole hypertrophy hysteria immoderacy immoderateness immoderation

Verb(13 words)

deliver up depart from deplore desist from desolate discontinue dispense with drop empty forgo forlet forswear give in

Related words (221)

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junk kick kiss kiss good bye kiss good-bye knock it off lack of foresight laxity laxness lay aside lay by lay down lay off laziness leave behind leave flat leave loose ends leave off leave undone let alone let be let dangle let it go let slip liberty license licentiousness looseness loyalty lurch madness make a sacrifice malinger maroon miss monstrousness moral pollution moral turpitude naturalness neglect nimiety noncoercion nonintimidation oblivion offhandedness omit orgasm orgy outrageousness overdevelopment overgreatness overgrowth overindulgence overlargeness overmuch overmuchness pass pass over pass up passion passionateness perfunctoriness permissiveness play pray for quarter pretermit procrastinate profligacy pull pull out push aside put aside quit cold quitclaim radicalism rage raise rapture ravishment recant recklessness refrain regardlessness reject remove render render up renege reprobacy repudiate resolution retract retreat reverse rid riotousness rottenness sacrifice say goodbye to say uncle scrap scrub secede seriousness set aside sever shake shed shirk shrug off sign sincerity skip slack slough sneeze at spare spirit spontaneity sport sprezzatura stand down stay stop strand succumb supersede swear off tactlessness take leave of take the pledge tearing passion terminate think nothing of thoughtlessness throw throw away throw off throw out throw over throw overboard throw up thrust aside too much too-muchness toss overboard towering rage transport trifle turn away from turn up turpitude unconscionableness unconstrained unconstraint uncontrol undueness unheedfulness uninhibitedness unmindfulness unpreparedness unreadiness unreasonableness unreserve unrestrainedness unrestraint unruliness unsolicitousness unsolicitude unstrictness unthinkingness vanish vehemence void warmth withsake yield the palm zeal

Verb(19 words)

jilt leave behind part with quit recant relinquish renounce repudiate resign retire retract run out on strand surrender turn in waive withdraw from withsake yield

Noun(4 words)

libertinism profligacy unrestraint wildness

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

23 entries

act cast aside cast away cast out chuck out discard dispose fling give up go away go forth leave move passion passionateness put away

Showing 16 of 23 words.

More specific

5 entries

abdicate jilt leave in the lurch leave somebody holding the bag retire

Antonyms

9 entries

acquire arrogate embrace engage gain join maintain retain unite

Synonyms

40 entries

abdicate adjure blin cast aside cast off cede deliver up demit depart desert desist dispense drop evacuate forego forgo

Showing 16 of 40 words.

Related terms

1 entries

flee

derived

15 entries

aband abandon hope, all ye who enter here abandon ship abandonability abandonable abandoned abandonee abandoner abandonly abandonment abandonness abandonware all hope abandon ye who enter here reabandon unabandon

etymologically related_to

4 entries

ban banal forleave forlet

is a

1 entries

unrestraint

manner of

2 entries

discard leave

related to

32 entries

abandonment abandonware adhere artificial banish cast out constraint desert desist discontinue exercise expel follow forsake freedom give up

Showing 16 of 32 words.

similar

10 entries

break cave in collapse ease up fall in founder give give way move over yield

Translations

385 translations across 98 languages.

Afan Oromo

2 entries

ganuu verb (to give up control of, surrender)
guutummaatti dhiisuu verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Afar

1 entries

soolisiyya verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Albanian

1 entries

braktis verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Amharic

4 entries

يسيب verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
يهجر verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
ተወ verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ተወ verb (to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

καταλείπω verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Arabic

4 entries

اِنْصَرَفَ verb (to give up control of, surrender)
تَرَكَ verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
يتخلى عن verb (to give up control of, surrender)
يترك verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Armenian

1 entries

լքել verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Aromanian

1 entries

pãrnãsescu verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

atmaq verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
buraxmaq verb (to give up control of, surrender)
tərk etmək verb (to give up control of, surrender)
tərk etmək verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Belarusian

2 entries

пакі́нуць verb (to give up control of, surrender)
пакіда́ць verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Bengali

4 entries

ক্ষান্তি দেওয়া verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ছেড়ে চলে যাওয়া verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
ছেড়ে দেওয়া verb (to give up control of, surrender)
পরিত্যাগ করা verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Bulgarian

3 entries

изоставям verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
напу́скам verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
отказвам се от verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Burmese

2 entries

စွန့် verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ပစ် verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

disamparai verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Catalan

4 entries

abandonar verb (to give up control of, surrender)
abandonar verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
abandonar verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
deixar verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Cherokee

3 entries

ᏓᏓᏲᏍᎦ verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ᏗᏲᎯᏗ verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
ᏗᏲᎯᏗ verb (to cast out, expel, reject)

Chinese

2 entries

khì-choa̍t verb (to give up control of, surrender)
放捒 verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

丟棄 /丢弃 verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
放棄 /放弃 verb (to give up control of, surrender)
遺棄 /遗弃 verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Czech

4 entries

nechat verb (to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to)
opouštět verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
opustit verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
vzdát se verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Dalmatian

1 entries

abandonur verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Danish

4 entries

løssluppenhed noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
efterlade verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
forlade verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
forvise verb (to cast out, expel, reject)

Dutch

4 entries

graagte noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
ongedwongenheid noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
achterlaten verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
afstand doen verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Esperanto

4 entries

senbrideco noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
senĝeneco noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
apostati verb (to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to)
cedi verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Estonian

1 entries

hülgama verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Fijian

2 entries

biu-ta verb (to give up control of, surrender)
biu-ta verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Finnish

4 entries

huolettomuus noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
riehakkuus noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
ajaa pois verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
alistaa verb (to subdue; to take control of)

French

2 entries

abandonner verb (to give up control of, surrender)
abandonner verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Gallurese

1 entries

randumà verb (to give up control of, surrender)

German

4 entries

Hingabe noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
Selbstvergessenheit noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
Ungezwungenheit noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
aufgeben verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Greek

4 entries

εγκατάλειψη noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
απαρνούμαι verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
αποκηρύσσω verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
αφήνω verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Haitian Creole

4 entries

abandone verb (to give up control of, surrender)
abandone verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
dezète verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
kite verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Hebrew

4 entries

זנח verb (to give up control of, surrender)
נָטַשׁ verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
נטש verb (to give up control of, surrender)
עזב verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Hindi

4 entries

छोड़ देना verb (to give up control of, surrender)
छोड़ देना verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
छोड़ना verb (to give up control of, surrender)
त्याग देना verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Hungarian

4 entries

önfeledtség noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
elhagy verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
felad verb (to give up control of, surrender)
felhagy verb (to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to)

Icelandic

2 entries

hætta (við) verb (to give up control of, surrender)
yfirgefa verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Ido

1 entries

abandonar verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Indonesian

1 entries

mengabaikan verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Ingrian

3 entries

hylätä verb (to give up control of, surrender)
hylätä verb (to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to)
hylätä verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Interlingua

4 entries

abandonar verb (to give up control of, surrender)
abandonar verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
deserer verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
relinquer verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Irish

4 entries

caith amach verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
díbir verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
fág verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
lig ó verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Italian

4 entries

abbandono noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
abbandonare verb (to give up control of, surrender)
abbandonare verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
bandire verb (to cast out, expel, reject)

Japanese

4 entries

奔放自在 noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
自由奔放 noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
手放す verb (to give up control of, surrender)
捨てる verb (to cast out, expel, reject)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries

bandona verb (to give up control of, surrender)
bandona verb (to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to)
bandona verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
bandoná verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Kazakh

2 entries

тастау verb (to give up control of, surrender)
қалдыру verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Khmer

3 entries

ចោល verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
ឈ្លាក verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
បោះបង់ចោល verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Korean

4 entries

기치(棄置)하다 verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
단념(斷念)하다 verb (to give up control of, surrender)
떠나다 verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
방치(放置)하다 verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Lao

2 entries

ປະຖິ້ມ verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ເຊົາ verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Latin

3 entries

dēserō verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
relinquō verb (to give up control of, surrender)
relinquō verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Latvian

1 entries

atstāt verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Lithuanian

1 entries

apleisti verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Macedonian

1 entries

напушти verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Manchu

2 entries

ᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ᡶᠠᡵᡧᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Manx

4 entries

lhiggey lesh noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
cur seose verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
faag verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
treig verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Marathi

4 entries

त्यागणे verb (to give up control of, surrender)
त्यागणे verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
परित्याग करणे verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
परित्याग करणे verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Middle English

2 entries

abandounen verb (to give up control of, surrender)
schonen verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Mongolian

1 entries

орхих verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Māori

1 entries

whakamahue verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Nahuatl

3 entries

itopanecauiloc verb (to give up control of, surrender)
itopanecauiloc verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
itopanecauiloc verb (to cast out, expel, reject)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

dest jê ber dan verb (to give up control of, surrender)
dev jê berdan verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

løssluppenhet noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
overgivenhet noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
abandonere verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)
abandonere verb (to surrender to the insurer)

Occitan

2 entries

abandonar verb (to give up control of, surrender)
abandonar verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Ojibwe

1 entries

nagadan verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Old English

1 entries

ofġiefan verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Old Irish

1 entries

do·beir druimm fri verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

براقمق verb (to give up control of, surrender)
براقمق verb (to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to)
براقمق verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

verlosse verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Persian

4 entries

بیخیالی noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
بیقیدی noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
به حال خود رها کردن verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
ترک کردن verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Polish

4 entries

opuszczać verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
opuścić verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
porzucać verb (to give up control of, surrender)
porzucić verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Portuguese

4 entries

abandono noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
abandonar verb (to give up control of, surrender)
abandonar verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
desistir verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Romanian

4 entries

abandona verb (to give up control of, surrender)
abandona verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
lepăda verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)
părăsi verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Russian

4 entries

бесшаба́шность noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
импульси́вность noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
необу́зданность noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
несде́ржанность noun (a giving up to natural impulses)

Samoan

1 entries

tu'ulafoa'i verb (to cast out, expel, reject)

Sanskrit

1 entries

त्यजति verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Sardinian

1 entries

disamparare verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Sassarese

1 entries

abbandunà verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

dìobair verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
fàg verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
thoir suas verb (to give up control of, surrender)
thoir thairis verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

napustiti verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Shan

1 entries

ၸုၼ်ႉ verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Sikkimese

1 entries

ཀོས verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Slovak

4 entries

opustiť verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
opúšťať verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
vzdať sa verb (to give up control of, surrender)
vzdávať sa verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Slovene

2 entries

opustiti verb (to give up control of, surrender)
zapustiti verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Spanish

4 entries

desenfreno noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
abandonar verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
expulsar verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
renunciar verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Swedish

4 entries

frigjordhet noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
hämningslöshet noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
nonchalans noun (a giving up to natural impulses)
otvungenhet noun (a giving up to natural impulses)

Tagalog

2 entries

iwanan verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
pabayaan verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Tajik

1 entries

партофтан verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Tamil

4 entries

கைவிடு verb (to give up control of, surrender)
கைவிடு verb (to desist in doing, practicing or practising, following, holding, or adhering to)
கைவிடு verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
விலகு verb (to no longer exercise a right, relinquish a claim to property)

Telugu

4 entries

వదిలివెళ్ళు verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
వదిలివేయు verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
వదులుకొను verb (to give up control of, surrender)
విడిచిపెట్టు verb (to subdue; to take control of)

Thai

3 entries

ทิ้ง verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ทิ้ง verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
ละทิ้ง verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Tocharian B

4 entries

ār verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ār verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
ārsk verb (to give up control of, surrender)
ārsk verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Tok Pisin

3 entries

lusim verb (to give up control of, surrender)
lusim verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
lusim verb (to cast out, expel, reject)

Turkish

4 entries

bırakmak verb (to give up control of, surrender)
kovmak verb (to cast out, expel, reject)
koyup gitmek verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
terk etmek verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Turkmen

3 entries

goýbermek verb (to give up control of, surrender)
goýmak verb (to give up control of, surrender)
taşlamak verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Ukrainian

3 entries

залишати verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
поки́нути verb (to give up control of, surrender)
покида́ти verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bỏ verb (to give up control of, surrender)
bỏ rơi verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
bộm verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
ruồng bỏ verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Welsh

3 entries

gadael verb (to give up control of, surrender)
gadael verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)
gadael verb (to cast out, expel, reject)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

waltan'i verb (to give up control of, surrender)

Yiddish

1 entries

אַװעקװאַרפֿן verb (to leave behind or desert; to forsake)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There are days where I feel like my brain wants to abandon me.

Source: tatoeba (1830)

We made a pact that we wouldn't abandon one another.

Source: tatoeba (23001)

We had to abandon our plan.

Source: tatoeba (23025)

The girl had to abandon the idea of becoming a singer.

Source: tatoeba (46464)

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Abandon

Synonyms for "abandon" (442 found)

Closest matches (89)

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Related words (221)

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Afan Oromo

Afar

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Azerbaijani

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Campidanese Sardinian

Catalan

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Fijian

Finnish

French

Gallurese

German

Gothic

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kabuverdianu

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Manchu

Manx

Marathi

Middle English

Mongolian

Māori

Nahuatl

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian Bokmål

Occitan