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

3 senses of strand

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
strand -- (drive (a vessel) ashore)
       => land -- (bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island")

Sense 3
ground, strand, run aground -- (bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship")
       => land -- (bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island")

Antonyms of adj stranded

1 sense of stranded

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 stranded

1 sense of stranded

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)