lost

I

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Not to be found]

Syn. misplaced, mislaid, invisible, cast away, missing, hidden, obscured, gone astray, nowhere to be found, strayed, lacking, wandered off, forfeited, vanished, wandering, minus, without, gone out of one's possession; see also absent , gone 2 .

Ant. found*, come back, returned.

2. [Ignorant of the way]

Syn. disoriented, perplexed, bewildered, ignorant; see doubtful 2 .

3. [Destroyed]

Syn. demolished, devastated, wasted; see destroyed , ruined 1 .

4. [No longer to be gained]

Syn. gone, passed, costly; see destroyed , ruined 1 , unprofitable 1 .

5. [Helpless]

Syn. feeble, sickly, disabled; see weak 1 , 3 .

• get lost*,

Syn. go away, leave, begone; see get out .

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. misplaced mislaid, missing, disappeared, vanished, gone, strayed, down the drain, irretrievable.

2. off track disoriented, astray, *going around in circles, off-course, adrift.

3. destroyed ruined, wiped out, wrecked, obliterated.

4. wasted squandered, misspent, exhausted.

5. deep in thought absorbed, dreaming, rapt, preoccupied, engrossed, abstracted, far away.

6. bewildered confused.

ANT.: 1. found, uncovered, retrieved. 2. oriented, on course, having one's bearings. 3. preserved, saved

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Unable to find the correct way or place to go: astray, disoriented, stray. See SEEK. 2. No longer in one's possession: gone, missing. See GET. 3. No longer in use, force, or operation: dead, defunct, extinct, vanished. See LIVE, NEW. 4. Sentenced to terrible, irrevocable punishment: condemned, doomed, fated, foredoomed. See LAW, RELIGION. 5. Condemned, especially to hell: damned, doomed. Idiom: gone to blazes. See REWARD.