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de-sert
adjective as in arid
adjective as in lifeless
adjective as in bare
adjective as in barren
adjective as in sterile
adjective as in wild
adjective as in bleak
adjective as in moistureless
adjective as in rainless
adjective as in sanitized
adjective as in uncreative
Weak matches
- antiseptic
- arid
- aseptic
- bare
- barren
- bleak
- dead
- decontaminated
- desert
- desolate
- disinfected
- dry
- effete
- empty
- fallow
- fruitless
- futile
- gaunt
- germ-free
- hygienic
- impotent
- infecund
- infertile
- pasteurized
- sanitary
- septic
- sterilized
- unfruitful
- unimaginative
- uninfected
- uninspired
- uninventive
- unoriginal
- unprofitable
- unprolific
- vain
- waste
- without issue
adjective as in undomesticated
adjective as in uninventive
Weak matches
- antiseptic
- arid
- aseptic
- bare
- barren
- bleak
- dead
- decontaminated
- desert
- desolate
- disinfected
- dry
- effete
- empty
- fallow
- fruitless
- futile
- gaunt
- germ-free
- hygienic
- impotent
- infecund
- infertile
- pasteurized
- sanitary
- septic
- sterilized
- uncreative
- unfruitful
- unimaginative
- uninfected
- uninspired
- unoriginal
- unprofitable
- unprolific
- vain
- waste
- without issue
adjective as in desert
adjective as in desolate
adjective as in dry
adjective as in empty
noun as in merit
Weak match
noun as in right
noun as in solitude
noun as in title
noun as in waste
noun as in wilderness/wilds
noun as in just deserts
noun as in wilderness
Weak matches
noun as in guerdon
noun as in indemnification
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in quittance
Strongest match
Strong matches
- advantage
- allowance
- amends
- atonement
- benefit
- bonus
- bread
- consideration
- counterclaim
- coverage
- damages
- defrayal
- deserts
- earnings
- fee
- gain
- honorarium
- indemnification
- indemnity
- meet
- offset
- pay
- payment
- payoff
- premium
- profit
- reciprocity
- reckoning
- recompense
- redress
- reimbursement
- remittal
- remittance
- remuneration
- reparation
- repayment
- reprisal
- requital
- restitution
- reward
- salary
- salt
- satisfaction
- scale
- setoff
- settlement
- shake
- stipend
- take
- wage
Weak matches
noun as in setoff
Strong matches
- advantage
- allowance
- amends
- atonement
- benefit
- bonus
- bread
- consideration
- counterclaim
- coverage
- damages
- defrayal
- deserts
- earnings
- fee
- gain
- honorarium
- indemnification
- indemnity
- meet
- offset
- pay
- payment
- payoff
- premium
- profit
- quittance
- reciprocity
- reckoning
- recompense
- redress
- reimbursement
- remittal
- remittance
- remuneration
- reparation
- repayment
- reprisal
- requital
- restitution
- reward
- salary
- salt
- satisfaction
- scale
- settlement
- shake
- stipend
- take
- wage
Weak matches
noun as in singleness
noun as in solitariness
noun as in compensation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in desert
Strongest match
Weak matches
noun as in deserts
noun as in desolation
noun as in due
verb as in jilt
verb as in leave
Strong matches
verb as in leave
verb as in maroon
Weak matches
verb as in quit
verb as in relinquish
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in renounce
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in repudiate
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in skip
verb as in supersede
verb as in throw over
verb as in turn
verb as in betray
Weak matches
- be unfaithful
- bite the hand that feeds you
- blow the whistle
- break faith
- break promise
- break trust
- break with
- commit treason
- deliver up
- double-cross
- go back on
- inform against
- inform on
- let down
- play false
- play Judas
- sell down the river
- sell out
- stab in the back
- take in
- turn in
- turn informer
- turn state's evidence
- walk out on
verb as in go back
verb as in leave in the lurch
verb as in apostatize
Weak matches
verb as in chuck
verb as in lam
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bail out
- break out
- burst out
- cut and run
- cut loose
- duck out
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- play hooky
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- work out of
- wriggle out
verb as in abandon
Strongest matches
verb as in cop out
verb as in abandon
Weak matches
verb as in defect
verb as in depart
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in depart
verb as in desert
Strong matches
verb as in discard
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in disobey
Strong matches
verb as in ditch
Weak matches
verb as in drop
Strong matches
verb as in escape
verb as in evacuate
verb as in fail
verb as in flee
Strong matches
verb as in forsake
verb as in go back/go back on
adjective as in arid
adjective as in lifeless
adjective as in bare
adjective as in barren
adjective as in sterile
adjective as in wild
adjective as in bleak
adjective as in moistureless
adjective as in rainless
adjective as in sanitized
adjective as in uncreative
Weak matches
- antiseptic
- arid
- aseptic
- bare
- barren
- bleak
- dead
- decontaminated
- desert
- desolate
- disinfected
- dry
- effete
- empty
- fallow
- fruitless
- futile
- gaunt
- germ-free
- hygienic
- impotent
- infecund
- infertile
- pasteurized
- sanitary
- septic
- sterilized
- unfruitful
- unimaginative
- uninfected
- uninspired
- uninventive
- unoriginal
- unprofitable
- unprolific
- vain
- waste
- without issue
adjective as in undomesticated
adjective as in uninventive
Weak matches
- antiseptic
- arid
- aseptic
- bare
- barren
- bleak
- dead
- decontaminated
- desert
- desolate
- disinfected
- dry
- effete
- empty
- fallow
- fruitless
- futile
- gaunt
- germ-free
- hygienic
- impotent
- infecund
- infertile
- pasteurized
- sanitary
- septic
- sterilized
- uncreative
- unfruitful
- unimaginative
- uninfected
- uninspired
- unoriginal
- unprofitable
- unprolific
- vain
- waste
- without issue
adjective as in desert
adjective as in desolate
adjective as in dry
adjective as in empty
noun as in merit
Weak match
noun as in right
noun as in solitude
noun as in title
noun as in waste
noun as in wilderness/wilds
noun as in just deserts
noun as in wilderness
Weak matches
noun as in guerdon
noun as in indemnification
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in quittance
Strongest match
Strong matches
- advantage
- allowance
- amends
- atonement
- benefit
- bonus
- bread
- consideration
- counterclaim
- coverage
- damages
- defrayal
- deserts
- earnings
- fee
- gain
- honorarium
- indemnification
- indemnity
- meet
- offset
- pay
- payment
- payoff
- premium
- profit
- reciprocity
- reckoning
- recompense
- redress
- reimbursement
- remittal
- remittance
- remuneration
- reparation
- repayment
- reprisal
- requital
- restitution
- reward
- salary
- salt
- satisfaction
- scale
- setoff
- settlement
- shake
- stipend
- take
- wage
Weak matches
noun as in setoff
Strong matches
- advantage
- allowance
- amends
- atonement
- benefit
- bonus
- bread
- consideration
- counterclaim
- coverage
- damages
- defrayal
- deserts
- earnings
- fee
- gain
- honorarium
- indemnification
- indemnity
- meet
- offset
- pay
- payment
- payoff
- premium
- profit
- quittance
- reciprocity
- reckoning
- recompense
- redress
- reimbursement
- remittal
- remittance
- remuneration
- reparation
- repayment
- reprisal
- requital
- restitution
- reward
- salary
- salt
- satisfaction
- scale
- settlement
- shake
- stipend
- take
- wage
Weak matches
noun as in singleness
noun as in solitariness
noun as in compensation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in desert
Strongest match
Weak matches
noun as in deserts
noun as in desolation
noun as in due
verb as in jilt
verb as in leave
Strong matches
verb as in leave
verb as in maroon
Weak matches
verb as in quit
verb as in relinquish
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in renounce
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in repudiate
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in skip
verb as in supersede
verb as in throw over
verb as in turn
verb as in betray
Weak matches
- be unfaithful
- bite the hand that feeds you
- blow the whistle
- break faith
- break promise
- break trust
- break with
- commit treason
- deliver up
- double-cross
- go back on
- inform against
- inform on
- let down
- play false
- play Judas
- sell down the river
- sell out
- stab in the back
- take in
- turn in
- turn informer
- turn state's evidence
- walk out on
verb as in go back
verb as in leave in the lurch
verb as in apostatize
Weak matches
verb as in chuck
verb as in lam
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bail out
- break out
- burst out
- cut and run
- cut loose
- duck out
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- play hooky
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- work out of
- wriggle out
verb as in abandon
Strongest matches
verb as in cop out
verb as in abandon
Weak matches
verb as in defect
verb as in depart
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in depart
verb as in desert
Strong matches
verb as in discard
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in disobey
Strong matches
verb as in ditch
Weak matches
verb as in drop
Strong matches
verb as in escape
verb as in evacuate
verb as in fail
verb as in flee
Strong matches
verb as in forsake
verb as in go back/go back on
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On this page you'll find 2566 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to de-sert, such as: barren, bone-dry, desert, dusty, parched, and dry as a bone.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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