Word LOST: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

lost

🇺🇸 [lɔst]

Meanings

No longer in the possession of or unable to be found, often implying confusion or misplacement. It can also refer to something that has been destroyed, forgotten, or cannot be retrieved.

Examples

• She felt lost in the new city.
• I lost my phone and couldn’t find it anywhere.
• The book was lost in the library and never returned.

Synonyms

misplaced • gone • vanished

Antonyms

found • retrieved • discovered