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Synonyms for left
lɛftleft
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word left.
Princeton's WordNet
leftnoun
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
"she stood on the left"
Synonyms:
left field, left hand, left wing, leftfieldAntonyms:
right, right-wing, center, conservative, right-handed, reactionary, far-right, rightmost, rightish, spent, exhausted, ambidextrous, rightist, far, reactionist, centrist, two-handed, middle-of-the-road, right-hand(a), oldline, old-line, starboardleft, left wingnoun
those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
Synonyms:
left field, left hand, left wing, leftfieldAntonyms:
right, rightist, reactionist, right-wing, spent, rightish, two-handed, centrist, old-line, rightmost, oldline, right-handed, far, conservative, middle-of-the-road, far-right, ambidextrous, right-hand(a), center, exhausted, reactionary, starboardleft, left handnoun
the hand that is on the left side of the body
"jab with your left"
Synonyms:
left field, left hand, left wing, leftfieldAntonyms:
right, rightmost, oldline, conservative, spent, exhausted, centrist, right-wing, reactionist, two-handed, reactionary, center, middle-of-the-road, right-handed, old-line, rightish, rightist, far-right, ambidextrous, starboard, far, right-hand(a)left field, leftfield, leftnoun
the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
"the batter flied out to left"
Synonyms:
left field, left hand, left wing, leftfieldAntonyms:
right, middle-of-the-road, oldline, rightmost, conservative, right-hand(a), rightist, centrist, old-line, exhausted, right-wing, spent, starboard, ambidextrous, two-handed, reactionary, far, reactionist, right-handed, center, far-right, rightishleftadjective
a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
"take a left at the corner"
Synonyms:
left field, left hand, left wing, leftfieldAntonyms:
right, right-hand(a), ambidextrous, rightist, right-handed, centrist, rightmost, far, reactionist, oldline, old-line, conservative, two-handed, exhausted, right-wing, far-right, rightish, starboard, spent, center, middle-of-the-road, reactionaryleftadjective
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
"my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"
Synonyms:
unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftoverAntonyms:
right, ambidextrous, far-right, right-handed, centrist, conservative, two-handed, spent, rightmost, far, reactionary, oldline, exhausted, old-line, center, rightist, middle-of-the-road, rightish, right-hand(a), reactionist, right-wing, starboardleftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpendedadjective
not used up
"leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
Antonyms:
right, center, middle-of-the-road, ambidextrous, far, starboard, far-right, reactionary, rightmost, right-hand(a), rightish, two-handed, rightist, old-line, exhausted, reactionist, right-handed, spent, centrist, oldline, conservative, right-wingleft(a), left-hand(a)adjective
intended for the left hand
"I rarely lose a left-hand glove"
Antonyms:
right, right-wing, ambidextrous, conservative, rightish, reactionary, far, two-handed, center, middle-of-the-road, old-line, rightist, reactionist, far-right, spent, starboard, right-hand(a), centrist, oldline, rightmost, exhausted, right-handedleftadverb
of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Synonyms:
unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftoverAntonyms:
right, center, old-line, exhausted, far-right, right-wing, starboard, centrist, reactionary, ambidextrous, spent, rightish, conservative, two-handed, rightmost, reactionist, middle-of-the-road, right-handed, rightist, far, right-hand(a), oldlineleftadverb
toward or on the left; also used figuratively
"he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"
Antonyms:
right, conservative, spent, rightish, exhausted, ambidextrous, far, old-line, starboard, right-handed, right-wing, far-right, rightmost, right-hand(a), reactionist, middle-of-the-road, rightist, centrist, reactionary, center, two-handed, oldline
Editors Contribution
vacant
vacant means empty
the streets were vacant
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
leftnoun
Associated words:
sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw, port, larboard
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#448 | left | |
#543 | let | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1179 | went | |
#2332 | gone | |
#2516 | forgot | |
#3214 | leaving | |
#3364 | leaves | |
#3546 | remaining | |
#5374 | departure | |
#5451 | odd | |
#6027 | quit | |
#8576 | abandoned | |
#13418 | lh | |
#16548 | ceased | |
#18589 | departed | |
#25052 | leftist | |
#28949 | leftover | |
#30097 | leftfield | |
#30556 | exited | |
#43028 | gauche | |
#69746 | unexpended | |
#90086 | linke | |
#117816 | izquierdo | |
#118808 | zuo | |
#126627 | khalaf | |
#149297 | izquierda | |
#199474 | leftwards |
How to use left in a sentence?
The radical left Democrats are trying to rip our nation apart, first it was the Russia hoax, total hoax. It was a failed overthrow attempt and the biggest fraud in the history of our country and then you look, the Mueller deal, you remember that mess ? They had nothing.
There's simply no point in doing that to our children, and putting critical race theory into our classrooms in part does that. Putting critical theory into our classrooms is not combating racism. It's fanning the flames of what little embers are left. I encourage you to support this resolution. Let racism die the death it deserves.
Here we had a man who we knew had almost no name recognition and who openly identified as an independent socialist, who had given numerous speeches on the floor that, to the left, were heralded as acts of great political bravery, so for us on the left, he was really regarded as a real icon. And he still is.
Katie Hobbs is a radical BLM activist who has turned her back on the badge and pledged to defund the police to appease her extreme, left-wing base, she can’t be trusted to keep Arizona’s communities safe. Defunding the police is the last thing our state needs as we deal with Biden’s crime wave. I am proud to be endorsed by our heroes in blue and I will always have their back, because they always have ours.
This child who wanted freedom, has been killed by the fear of war, the war that he was not a part of, he got a better future in the paradise. He placed his foot towards our faces as a message. He left, but his shoes in our faces will remain a nightmare chasing us always.
Translations for left
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- linksAfrikaans
- شمال, إلى الشمال, یسار, إلى اليسار, على اليسار, يسار, على الشمال, اليسارArabic
- solAzerbaijani
- һул, һулдағы, һул яҡ, һулғаBashkir
- злева, налева, ле́выBelarusian
- отляво, левица, ляв, останал, налявоBulgarian
- esquerra, esquerreCatalan, Valencian
- zbývající, na levé, vlevo, levice, levýCzech
- лѣвъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- chwithWelsh
- venstreDanish
- übrig, Linke, nach links, link, linksGerman
- αριστερά, αριστερόςGreek
- liva, maldekstra, restaĵoEsperanto
- izquierda, liberal, sobras, izquierdo, a la izquierda, de izquierda, sobradoSpanish
- vasak, pahemEstonian
- ezkerBasque
- چپگرا, چپ, در سمت چپ, اشکلكPersian
- jäljelle, [[vasen]] [[puoli]], vasen, vasemmistolainen, vasemmalla, jäljellä, vasemmalle, vasemmistoFinnish
- i mawī, mawiFijian
- gauche, à gaucheFrench
- cléIrish
- ceàrr, clìScottish Gaelic
- שְׂמֹאל, שמאלהHebrew
- बायें, बाक़ी, बायांHindi
- bal, hátralévő, balraHungarian
- մնացած, ձախ, ձախxArmenian
- sinistreInterlingua
- kiriIndonesian
- sinistraIdo
- vinstriIcelandic
- sinistra, sinistro, a sinistra, rimastoItalian
- 残る, 左, 左翼Japanese
- kering, kiwaJavanese
- მარცხენაGeorgian
- солKazakh
- ឆ្វេងKhmer
- 왼쪽, 왼Korean
- چهپ, ماوهKurdish
- солKyrgyz
- sinisterLatin
- lénksLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຊ້າຍLao
- kairiojiLithuanian
- kreisi, pa kreisi, kreisā, kreissLatvian
- mauiiMāori
- останат, налево, лев, на левата, левичарски, левица, лево, одлево, преостанатMacedonian
- зүүнMongolian
- kiriMalay
- xellug, fdalMaltese
- ဝဲ, ဘယ်Burmese
- linkerkant, linker-, links, overDutch
- til overs, igjen, venstresiden, venstreNorwegian
- nishtłʼajígoNavajo, Navaho
- namanjinik, namanjinikanOjibwe, Ojibwa
- pozostały, lewa, na lewo, lewy, w lewo, lewica, lewicowyPolish
- restar, deixado, [[à]] [[esquerda]], esquerdo, esquerda, de esquerda, liberal, esquerdista, sobrar, sestroPortuguese
- lluq'iQuechua
- seniesterRomansh
- stâng, la stânga, stângă, rămasRomanian
- левый, налево, оставшийся, влево, ле́вый, остальной, слева, либера́льныйRussian
- levi, lijevi, ljevica, леви, preostali, на̏ле̄во, nȁlēvo, лијевиSerbo-Croatian
- na ľavé, ľаvý, vľavoSlovak
- levo, na levi, levi, levicaSlovene
- tau-aŋavaleSamoan
- majtëAlbanian
- kencaSundanese
- vänster, kvar, vänsternSwedish
- kushotoSwahili
- మిగిలిన, ఎడమTelugu
- чапTajik
- ซ้ายThai
- çepTurkmen
- kaliwaTagalog
- hemaTonga (Tonga Islands)
- solTurkish
- ʻauiTahitian
- злі́ва, ліво́руч, лі́вий, налі́воUkrainian
- باياںUrdu
- soʻlUzbek
- trái, ở bên tráiVietnamese
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