Antonyms of noun left

1 of 5 senses of left

Sense 1
left -- (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")
       Antonym of right (Sense 2)
      => right -- (location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun left

5 senses of left

Sense 1
left -- (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")
       => position, place -- (the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place")

Sense 2
left, left wing -- (those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare)
       => faction, sect -- (a dissenting clique)

Sense 3
left, left hand -- (the hand that is on the left side of the body; "jab with your left")
       => hand, manus, mitt, paw -- (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt")

Sense 4
left field, leftfield, left -- (the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left; "the batter flied out to left")
       => tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel -- (an extended area of land)

Sense 5
left -- (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")
       => turn, turning -- (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right")

Antonyms of verb leave

1 of 14 senses of leave

Sense 1
leave, go forth, go away -- (go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight")
       Antonym of arrive (Sense 1)
      => arrive, get, come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb leave

14 senses of leave

Sense 1
leave, go forth, go away -- (go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight")

Sense 2
leave -- (go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind")

Sense 3
leave -- (act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless")
       => make, get -- (give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear")

Sense 4
leave, leave alone, leave behind -- (leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind")
       => refrain, forbear -- (resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping")

Sense 5
exit, go out, get out, leave -- (move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 6
leave, allow for, allow, provide -- (make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway")
       => yield, give, afford -- (be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information")

Sense 7
leave, result, lead -- (have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin")
       => produce, bring about, give rise -- (cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system")

Sense 8
leave, depart, pull up stakes -- (remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 9
entrust, leave -- (put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care")
       => pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give -- (place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers")

Sense 10
bequeath, will, leave -- (leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate")
       => give, gift, present -- (give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?")

Sense 11
leave -- (have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11")
       => have -- (have left; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire")

Sense 12
leave, leave behind -- (be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats")

Sense 13
impart, leave, give, pass on -- (transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students")
       => tell -- (let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late")

Sense 14
forget, leave -- (leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors")
       => lose -- (miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!")

Antonyms of adj left

4 senses of left

Sense 1
left (vs. right) -- (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")

right (vs. left) -- (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream")
        => far -- (being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle; "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse")
        => rightmost -- (farthest to the right; "in the rightmost line of traffic")
        => right-hand (prenominal) -- (located on or directed toward the right; "a right-hand turn")
        => starboard -- (located on the right side of a ship or aircraft)

Sense 2
leftover, left over (predicate), left (predicate), odd, remaining, unexpended -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA unexhausted) -> exhausted, spent -- (depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells")

Sense 3
left (prenominal), left-hand (prenominal) -- (intended for the left hand; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove")

INDIRECT (VIA right-handed, left-handed) -> ambidextrous, two-handed -- (equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon")
INDIRECT (VIA left-handed, ambidextrous) -> right-handed -- (using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors")

Sense 4
left (vs. center) (vs. right) -- (of or belonging to the political or intellectual left)

center (vs. right) (vs. left) -- (of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually)
        => centrist, middle-of-the-road -- (supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative)
right (vs. left) (vs. center) -- (of or belonging to the political or intellectual right)
        => conservative -- (having social or political views favoring conservatism)
        => oldline, old-line -- (adhering to conservative or reactionary principles; "an oldline senator")
        => reactionary, reactionist, far-right -- (extremely conservative)
        => rightish -- (tending toward the political right)
        => rightist, right-wing -- (believing in or supporting tenets of the political right)

Similarity of adj left

4 senses of left

Sense 1
left (vs. right) -- (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")
       => left-hand (prenominal) -- (located on or directed toward the left; "a car with left-hand drive")
       => leftmost -- (farthest to the left; "the leftmost non-zero digit")
       => near (prenominal), nigh (prenominal) -- (being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side")
       => port, larboard -- (located on the left side of a ship or aircraft)
          Also See-> left-handed#1

Sense 2
leftover, left over (predicate), left (predicate), odd, remaining, unexpended -- (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")
       => unexhausted (vs. exhausted) -- (not used up completely; "an unexhausted well")

Sense 3
left (prenominal), left-hand (prenominal) -- (intended for the left hand; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove")
       => left-handed (vs. ambidextrous) (vs. right-handed) -- (using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors")

Sense 4
left (vs. center) (vs. right) -- (of or belonging to the political or intellectual left)
       => far left -- (radical or extremely liberal)
       => leftish -- (tending toward the political left)
       => leftist, left-of-center, left-wing -- (believing in or supporting tenets of the political left)
       => liberal -- (having political or social views favoring reform and progress)
          Also See-> liberal#3; socialistic#1, socialist#1

Antonyms of adv left

1 sense of left

Sense 1
left -- (toward or on the left; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left")
       Antonym of right (Sense 4)
      => right -- (toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right")

Synonyms of adv left

1 sense of left

Sense 1
left -- (toward or on the left; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left")