Synonyms of maroon

maroon

verb

as in to leave

to cause to remain behind

sailors marooned on a desert island

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leave
• strand
• desert
• dump
• abandon
• forsake
• ditch
• walk out on
• walk away from
• shed
• fling
• scrap
• quit
• throw away
• cut off
• discard
• relinquish
• escape
• throw out
• retreat (from)
• withdraw (from)
• vacate
• separate (from)
• hand over
• sacrifice
• yield
• jettison
• junk
• give up
• shuck (off)
• ignore
• surrender
• renounce
• take off (from)
• forget
• reject
• repudiate
• deliver
• disown
• distance
• abjure
• disregard
• neglect

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• have
• retain
• possess
• own
• keep
• reserve
• hold
• withhold
• reclaim
• save
• harbor
• redeem
• rescue

Examples of maroon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The movie, a sci-fi survival story about a robot that’s marooned on an uninhabited island, debuts on Sunday night at Toronto Film Festival and may prompt moviegoers to shed a few tears. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024

The last hurricane left a 30-foot shrimp boat marooned next door to Allaire’s plot, several hundred feet inland. —Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024

My basement is still full of all these books of people who either were marooned or marooned themselves on tropical islands. —Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024

Kat Zimmerman was planning to fly back to Los Angeles from Traverse City, Michigan, with her partner on July 20 and, like Williams, was marooned by Delta’s IT struggles. —Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024