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

4 senses of orphan

Sense 1
orphan -- (a child who has lost both parents)
       => child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster")

Sense 2
orphan -- (someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision)
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Sense 3
orphan -- (the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column)
       => line -- (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza")

Sense 4
orphan -- (a young animal without a mother)
       => young, offspring -- (any immature animal)

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

1 sense of orphan

Sense 1
orphan -- (deprive of parents)
       => deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")