maroon
1 of 3noun (1)
ma·roon mə-ˈrün 
: a dark red
maroon
2 of 3verb
marooned; marooning; maroons
transitive verb
1
: to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate
2
: to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape
maroon
3 of 3noun (2)
plural maroons
1
: a person who is marooned
2
capitalized : a Black person of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries who escaped slavery
also : a descendant of such a person
Synonyms
Verb
- abandon
- desert
- forsake
- leave
- quit
- strand
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Example Sentences
Verb sailors marooned on a desert island
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
French marron Spanish chestnut
Noun (2)
probably from French maron, marron feral, fugitive, modification of American Spanish cimarrón wild, savage
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1779, in the meaning defined above
Verb
circa 1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1666, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Kids Definition
maroon 1 of 2
verb
ma·roon mə-ˈrün
marooned; marooning
: to abandon in a place that is difficult to escape from The sailors were marooned on an island.
maroon
2 of 2noun
: a dark red
maroon
verb
as in to strand
to cause to remain behind sailors marooned on a desert island Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- strand
- leave
- desert
- dump
- abandon
- ditch
- forsake
- walk out on
- scrap
- walk away from
- shed
- fling
- throw away
- cut off
- junk
- discard
- throw out
- relinquish
- quit
- jettison
- escape
- hand over
- vacate
- sacrifice
- yield
- shuck (off)
- disown
- distance
- surrender
- ignore
- give up
- retreat (from)
- renounce
- abjure
- repudiate
- forget
- reject
- withdraw (from)
- separate (from)
- deliver
- disregard
- take off (from)
- neglect
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- retain
- own
- reserve
- possess
- have
- keep
- hold
- withhold
- reclaim
- rescue
- save
- harbor
- redeem