'Derelict' definitions:
Definition of 'derelict'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]
adjective
Forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" [syn: abandoned, derelict, deserted]
adjective
Failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" [syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss]
adjective
In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble- down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down]
noun
A person without a home, job, or property
noun
A ship abandoned on the high seas [syn: abandoned ship, derelict]
Definition of 'Derelict'
From: GCIDE
- Derelict \Der"e*lict\, a. [L. derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See Relinquish.]
- 1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands. [1913 Webster]
- The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. [1913 Webster]
- They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties. --J. Buchanan. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Derelict'
From: GCIDE
- Derelict \Der"e*lict\, n. (Law) (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'derelict'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- battered,
- beachcomber,
- beat-up,
- beaten up,
- beggar,
- beggarly fellow,
- behindhand,
- blighter,
- Bowery bum,
- broken-down,
- budmash,
- bum,
- bummer,
- caitiff,
- careless,
- cast-off,
- castaway,
- castoff,
- culpably negligent,
- declasse,
- decrepit,
- delinquent,
- deserted,
- desolate,
- devil,
- dilapidated,
- dilatory,
- dingy,
- disaffected,
- discard,
- discarded,
- disloyal,
- disowned,
- displaced person,
- disregardful,
- disused,
- dogie,
- down-and-out,
- DP,
- drifter,
- drunkard,
- evictee,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expellee,
- faded,
- faithless,
- false,
- fickle,
- floater,
- flotsam,
- flotsam and jetsam,
- forsaken,
- foundling,
- good-for-naught,
- good-for-nothing,
- heedless,
- hobo,
- human wreck,
- in ruins,
- inadvertent,
- inattentive,
- inconstant,
- irresponsible,
- Ishmael,
- jetsam,
- jettisoned,
- junk,
- lagan,
- laissez-faire,
- lax,
- lazzarone,
- left,
- leper,
- loafer,
- loose,
- lowlife,
- malingerer,
- marooned,
- mauvais sujet,
- mean wretch,
- mucker,
- neglected,
- neglectful,
- neglecting,
- negligent,
- no-good,
- noninterfering,
- nonrestrictive,
- not true to,
- of bad faith,
- off-guard,
- orphan,
- outcast,
- outcast of society,
- outcaste,
- outlaw,
- outside the gates,
- outside the pale,
- overly permissive,
- pariah,
- pauvre diable,
- permissive,
- persona non grata,
- pilgarlic,
- poor creature,
- poor devil,
- procrastinating,
- ramshackle,
- recreant,
- refuse,
- regardless,
- reject,
- rejected,
- relaxed,
- remiss,
- rubbish,
- ruined,
- ruinous,
- run-down,
- sad case,
- sad sack,
- scamping,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- skid-row bum,
- skimping,
- slack,
- slacker,
- slighting,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- slummy,
- slurring,
- social outcast,
- solitary,
- stiff,
- street arab,
- sundowner,
- swagman,
- threadbare,
- tottery,
- tramp,
- trash,
- trothless,
- truant,
- tumbledown,
- unacceptable person,
- uncircumspect,
- uncouth,
- undependable,
- undesirable,
- unfaithful,
- unguarded,
- unloyal,
- unreliable,
- unrigorous,
- unsteadfast,
- untouchable,
- untrue,
- untrustworthy,
- unwary,
- unwatchful,
- vag,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- vaurien,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- wastrel,
- worthless fellow,
- wretch