Usually means: Abandoned property, forsaken by owner.
Definitions Related words Mentions Lyrics History
We found 12 dictionaries that define the word derelicts:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. derelicts: Merriam-Webster
  2. derelicts: Collins English Dictionary
  3. derelicts: Vocabulary.com
  4. Derelicts, derelicts: Wordnik
  5. derelicts: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. derelicts: Wiktionary
  7. derelicts: Dictionary.com
  8. derelicts: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Derelicts (film), Derelicts, The Derelicts: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. derelicts: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. derelicts: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. derelicts: Encyclopedia

(Note: See derelict as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (derelict)

adjective:  Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.
adjective:  (specifically) Of a ship: abandoned at sea; of a spacecraft: abandoned in outer space.
adjective:  (by extension) Of property: in a poor state due to abandonment or neglect; dilapidated, neglected.
adjective:  (figurative) Adrift, lost.
adjective:  (chiefly US) Negligent in performing a duty; careless.
noun:  (uncountable) Property abandoned by its former guardian or owner; (countable) an item of such property.
noun:  (uncountable, specifically, law) Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.
noun:  (countable, dated) An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast, a waif.
noun:  (countable, by extension, derogatory) A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant; also, a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their hygiene and personal affairs.
noun:  (countable, chiefly US) A person who is negligent in performing a duty.
verb:  (transitive) To abandon or forsake (someone or something).
verb:  (intransitive) To neglect a duty.
▸ Also see derelict


Opposite:

Types:

Adjectives:




Words similar to derelicts

Usage examples for derelicts

Idioms related to derelicts

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing derelicts

Popular nouns described by derelicts

Words that often appear near derelicts

Rhymes of derelicts

Invented words related to derelicts

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Adjectives:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux