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

2 senses of maroon

Sense 1
maroon, strand -- (leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned")
       => abandon, forsake, desolate, desert -- (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children")

Sense 2
maroon -- (leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island")
       => isolate, insulate -- (place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates")

Antonyms of adj marooned

1 sense of marooned

Sense 1
isolated, marooned, stranded -- (cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard")

INDIRECT (VIA unaccompanied) -> accompanied -- (having companions or an escort; "there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives")

Similarity of adj marooned

1 sense of marooned

Sense 1
isolated, marooned, stranded -- (cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard")
       => unaccompanied (vs. accompanied) -- (being without an escort)

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