Synonyms of gone

gone 1 of 2

adjective

ˈgȯn 

1

as in extinct

no longer existing

woolly mammoths have been long gone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extinct
• vanished
• defunct
• expired
• done
• departed
• faded
• dead
• bygone
• fallen
• obsolete
• nonextant
• dying
• bypast
• nonexistent
• collapsed
• lost
• terminated
• finished
• moribund
• antiquated
• dated
• missing
• lapsed
• overthrown
• passé

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alive
• existing
• living
• extant
• active
• dynamic
• existent
• thriving
• vibrant

2

as in fallen

no longer living

doctors came to the waiting room to give the sad news that the operation hadn't been successful and the heart patient was gone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fallen
• dead
• deceased
• departed
• late
• extinct
• asleep
• low
• dying
• demised
• defunct
• lifeless
• cold
• breathless
• bitten the dust
• fading
• terminated
• finished
• moribund
• lapsed
• stillborn
• inanimate
• insensate
• nonliving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alive
• live
• going
• quick
• breathing
• living
• active
• dynamic
• vital
• lively
• animate
• functioning
• vibrant
• operative
• animated
• thriving
• running
• vivacious

3

as in missing

no longer possessed

I put my watch right here on the table, but now it's gone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• missing
• lost
• misplaced
• forgotten
• mislaid
• absent
• irretrievable
• unknown
• irrecoverable
• castaway

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retained
• possessed
• owned
• loved
• protected
• valued
• cherished
• treasured
• prized

4

as in pregnant

containing unborn young within the body

a woman who's seven months gone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pregnant
• caught
• expecting
• with young
• big
• expectant
• quick
• gravid
• heavy
• with child
• enceinte
• prenatal
• gestational
• impregnated
• childbearing
• conceiving
• brooding
• parturient

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• barren
• nonpregnant
• infertile
• delivered
• miscarrying
• aborting

5

as in excellent

slang of the very best kind

in jazz circles he was regarded as a real gone trumpeter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excellent
• great
• wonderful
• awesome
• terrific
• lovely
• fantastic
• fabulous
• superb
• fine
• beautiful
• stellar
• prime
• hot
• marvelous
• marvellous
• cool
• famous
• heavenly
• brave
• top
• quality
• classic
• neat
• too much
• cracking
• unsurpassed
• keen
• good
• slick
• swell
• immense
• mean
• topping
• down
• par excellence
• divine
• splendid
• choice
• grand
• dandy
• superior
• gangbusters
• peachy
• out of this world
• okay
• boss
• better
• sterling
• exceptional
• sensational
• number one
• banner
• frontline
• fab
• out-of-sight
• first-class
• prize
• dynamite
• top-notch
• bully
• A-OK
• crackerjack
• radical
• first-rate
• bumper
• dope
• groovy
• noble
• superlative
• decent
• nifty
• gangbuster
• peachy keen
• high-class
• righteous
• top-shelf
• capital
• wizard
• tip-top
• first-string
• acceptable
• blue-ribbon
• OK
• brag
• A1
• topflight
• blue-chip
• fantabulous
• adequate
• No. 1
• hype
• supernal
• bonnie
• bang-up
• satisfactory
• all right
• numero uno
• primo
• tolerable
• bonny
• corking
• jim-dandy
• boffo
• special
• prizewinning
• phat
• top-of-the-line
• five-star
• gilt-edged
• passable
• traditional
• gilt-edge
• four-star
• fancy
• select
• classical
• premium
• standard
• high-grade
• high-test
• superfine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• terrible
• awful
• poor
• rotten
• wretched
• pathetic
• lousy
• bad
• atrocious
• vile
• unsatisfactory
• inferior
• substandard
• execrable
• low-grade
• mediocre
• middling
• second-class
• second-rate

gone

2 of 2

verb

past participle of go

1

as in proceeded

to move forward along a course

everything is going according to our plans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proceeded
• done
• come
• progressed
• gone along
• marched
• gone off
• come along
• gotten along
• gotten on
• got along
• forged
• fared
• gained ground
• got on
• paced
• advanced
• sped
• travelled
• accelerated
• approached
• traveled
• speeded
• pushed
• passed
• journeyed
• repaired
• neared
• propelled
• wended
• driven
• fast-forwarded
• taken out
• impelled
• run
• actuated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remained
• stopped
• stood
• stayed
• checked
• arrested
• blocked
• halted
• hindered
• interrupted
• suppressed
• stemmed
• delayed
• detained
• impeded
• slowed (down or up)
• held back
• obstructed
• ceased
• repressed
• stalled
• hampered
• paused
• inhibited
• balked
• waited
• retarded
• stunted
• nipped
• cramped
• regressed
• let up

2

as in gotten

to leave a place often for another

will go on vacation at the end of the year

decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gotten
• moved
• departed
• quitted
• got
• exited
• quit
• started
• escaped
• evacuated
• fled
• bailed
• gone off
• stepped (along)
• flown
• gotten off
• parted
• dug out
• got off
• pulled out
• retired
• pushed off
• taken off
• booked
• walked out
• pushed on
• peeled off
• packed (up or off)
• cleared out
• run along
• cleared off
• skipped
• cut out
• buzzed (off)
• withdrawn
• scarpered
• bailed out
• vamoosed
• shoved (off)
• sallied (forth)
• taken a walk
• abandoned
• taken a hike
• buggered off
• taken a powder
• hit the road
• set out
• beaten it
• retreated
• bugged out
• pulled up stakes
• bugged off
• struck out
• pulled stakes
• absconded
• gone out
• gotten out
• decamped
• deserted
• stricken out
• got out
• vacated
• removed
• forsaken
• run away
• piked (out or off)
• stepped out
• lit
• emigrated
• mizzled
• scrammed
• scatted
• adjourned
• lighted out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come
• arrived
• remained
• stayed
• turned up
• settled
• showed up
• closed
• dwelt
• lodged
• approached
• reached
• shown up
• hit
• neared
• dwelled
• abided
• tarried
• landed
• abode

3

as in sufficed

to be fitting or proper

at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sufficed
• fit
• done
• served
• fitted
• satisfied
• suited
• wrought
• worked
• fitted the bill
• befitted
• filled the bill
• beseemed
• functioned

4

as in coincided

to be in agreement on every point

your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coincided
• fitted
• fit
• agreed
• corresponded
• checked
• consisted
• sorted
• rhymed
• answered
• accorded
• dovetailed
• tallied
• squared
• conformed
• equalled
• jibed
• harmonized
• cohered
• matched
• aligned
• fallen in with
• paralleled
• rimed
• comported
• equaled
• chorded
• alined
• registered
• lined up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differed (from)
• disagreed (with)
• disputed
• contradicted
• nullified
• negated
• clashed
• conflicted
• gainsaid
• jarred

5

as in extended

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

the highway goes right along the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extended
• run
• led
• born
• headed
• passed
• crossed
• cut
• lain
• borne
• followed
• spanned
• traversed
• coursed

6

as in become

to eventually have as a state or quality

she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop

the room went dark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gotten
• become
• grown
• got
• turned
• come
• run
• changed
• transformed
• waxed
• altered
• modified
• transmuted
• metamorphosed
• transfigured
• mutated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• been
• remained
• continued
• stayed
• lingered
• abode
• abided

7

as in collapsed

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsed
• died
• melted
• gone out
• tumbled
• buckled
• crumbled
• given
• crumpled
• given way
• foundered
• imploded
• yielded
• failed
• shattered
• crashed
• flattened
• caved (in)
• burst
• broken
• stalled
• deflated
• smashed
• split
• bursted
• popped
• given out
• cracked
• snapped
• melted down
• splintered
• broken down
• conked (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risen
• swollen
• inflated
• swelled

8

as in belonged

to have or be in a usual or proper place

these plates go in this cabinet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• belonged
• stayed
• placed
• fit (in)
• fitted (in)

9

as in faded

to lose bodily strength or vigor

when you get old, your eyesight starts to go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faded
• weakened
• failed
• sunk
• deteriorated
• lagged
• withered
• wasted (away)
• languished
• decayed
• drooped
• sagged
• flagged
• wilted
• worn out
• emaciated
• yielded
• degenerated
• broken down
• run down
• rotted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovered
• recuperated
• rallied
• rebounded
• gained
• convalesced

10

as in walked

to make one's way through, across, or over

I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space

Synonyms & Similar Words

• walked
• travelled
• traveled
• crossed
• tracked
• traversed
• followed
• passed (over)
• covered
• cut (across)
• proceeded (along)
• navigated
• transited
• coursed
• peregrinated
• perambulated
• tramped
• trodden
• ridden
• rode
• hiked
• rid
• traipsed
• run
• trod
• crisscrossed

11

as in ranged

to occur within a continuous range of variation

selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ranged
• varied
• run
• moved
• changed
• shifted
• reached
• swept
• fluctuated
• extended
• alternated
• stretched
• mutated

12

as in bet

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bet
• wagered
• betted
• gambled
• staked
• put
• played
• offered
• laid
• ventured
• bidden
• bade
• speculated
• bid
• chanced
• jeopardized
• hazarded
• endangered
• imperiled
• adventured
• imperilled

13

as in intended

chiefly Southern & Midland to have in mind as a purpose or goal

I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intended
• meant
• planned
• looked
• tried
• attempted
• proposed
• designed
• contemplated
• aimed
• wished
• calculated
• aspired
• hoped
• allowed
• purposed
• dreamed
• purported
• meditated
• considered
• figured on
• dreamt
• accomplished
• struggled
• debated
• achieved
• effected
• pondered
• plotted
• performed
• endeavored
• strived
• executed
• mulled (over)
• striven
• schemed

14

as in ended

to come to an end

we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ended
• stopped
• ceased
• died
• halted
• concluded
• expired
• passed
• closed
• finished
• stalled
• quitted
• lapsed
• determined
• discontinued
• elapsed
• left off
• broken off
• terminated
• winked (out)
• wound up
• let up
• broken up
• dead-ended
• quit
• bitten the dust
• winded up
• laid off (of)
• suspended
• paused
• stayed
• refrained (from)
• given over
• packed (up or in)
• knocked off
• cut out
• desisted (from)
• abated
• petered (out)
• broken down
• conked (out)
• wound down
• winded down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• persisted
• hung on
• extended
• prolonged
• drawn out
• protracted

15

as in afforded

to have enough money for

I think I can go for the new car after all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• afforded
• gotten
• swung
• paid (for)
• covered
• purchased
• got
• obtained
• offered
• expended
• acquired
• procured
• taken
• sprung (for)
• financed
• secured
• bid
• outlaid
• bade
• picked up
• bidden
• subsidized
• endowed
• ponied up
• underwritten
• bankrolled

16

as in tolerated

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerated
• taken
• stood
• handled
• accepted
• born
• endured
• swallowed
• stomached
• absorbed
• sustained
• worn
• stuck out
• met
• stood for
• hacked
• abided
• supported
• lumped (it)
• pocketed
• countenanced
• lived with
• borne
• brooked
• sweated out
• bided
• toughed it out
• suffered
• abode
• sweat out
• permitted
• allowed
• reconciled (to)
• acquiesced
• submitted (to)
• agreed (with or to)
• respected
• capitulated
• yielded (to)
• consented (to)
• assented (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• dismissed
• rejected
• declined
• turned down
• opposed
• spurned
• repudiated
• fought
• resisted
• escaped
• avoided
• missed
• contested
• combated
• evaded
• eluded
• bypassed
• circumvented
• dodged
• combatted
• refrained (from)
• abstained (from)
• forborne

17

as in died

to stop living

her grandmother went peacefully last night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• died
• disappeared
• departed
• fallen
• perished
• expired
• ended
• passed (on)
• exited
• passed away
• succumbed
• deceased
• parted
• demised
• stepped out
• checked out
• bought it
• kicked off
• failed
• kicked in
• dropped
• croaked
• popped off
• flatlined
• snuffed it
• pegged out
• given up the ghost
• bought the farm
• kicked the bucket
• conked (out)
• faded
• bitten the dust
• consumed
• dried up
• predeceased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lived
• breathed
• come to
• revived
• been
• lingered
• existed
• subsisted
• flourished
• thrived
• prospered
• thriven

18

as in clicked

to turn out as planned or desired

we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clicked
• succeeded
• flourished
• delivered
• gone over
• worked out
• come off
• caught fire
• panned out
• born fruit
• done the trick
• prospered
• borne fruit
• gone like clockwork
• thrived
• cooked
• delivered the goods
• caught on
• thriven
• percolated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• failed
• collapsed
• struck out
• folded
• washed out
• flopped
• languished
• foundered
• bombed
• stricken out
• flunked
• struggled
• slipped
• floundered
• waned
• declined
• sunk
• slumped
• crumbled
• skidded
• crashed
• choked
• cratered
• miscarried
• gone under
• cracked up
• fallen down
• misfired
• imploded
• flamed out
• self-destructed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gone

Adjective

Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who’ve gone public with the news. —Dan Singer, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020

During the final season of Friends, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) chose pianist Mike (Paul Rudd) over scientist David (Hank Azaria) The romantic conclusion for Phoebe Buffay in Friends‘ final season could’ve gone much differently. —Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2019

Verb

This will focus on the season just gone; the next will focus more on 2025. —Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024

Still others have gone belly up and find themselves in receivership with more coming. —Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024

Phrases Containing gone

• gone (on)
• gone to seed