abandoned

1. 1.

   forsaken by owner or inhabitants

   “weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse”

   Synonymsderelictdeserted

   Similaruninhabited
2. 2.

   unrestrained and uninhibited

   “an abandoned sadness born of grief”

   Similaruninhibited

Questions about abandoned

What does abandoned mean?

abandoned means "forsaken by owner or inhabitants". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abandoned?

abandoned has 3 syllables: aban-don-ed. The stress falls on "don". In IPA it is /əˈbændənd/.

What is another word for abandoned?

Close synonyms include derelict, deserted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abandoned a common word?

abandoned is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.