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See definition of goner on Dictionary.com
  • as indesperate
  • as inhopeless
  • as inirremediable

synonyms for goner

  • despondent
  • forlorn
  • futile
  • sad
  • vain
  • downcast
  • at end of one's rope
  • back to the wall
  • can't win
  • dead duck
  • despairing
  • gone
  • hard up
  • in the soup
  • in the toilet
  • inconsolable
  • irrecoverable
  • irremediable
  • irretrievable
  • no chance
  • no-win
  • running out of time
  • sunk
  • up against it
  • up the creek
  • useless
  • wretched
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antonyms for goner

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  • cheerful
  • happy
  • hopeful
  • joyful
  • calm
  • confident
  • content
  • contented
  • satisfactory
  • satisfied
  • secure
  • unworried
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    How to use goner in a sentence

    I thought I was a goner, for whenever anybody was after anybody I judged it was me—or maybe Jim.
    ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
    His great anaconda has gathered itself in a circle around the doomed rabbit of rebellion, and if the rabbit swells he's a goner.
    THE ORPHEUS C. KERR PAPERS. SERIES 1ROBERT H. NEWELL
    Took hold o' my nose dreffle bad; I'm afeard my stomach'll be a goner. '
    THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 14, NO. 85, NOVEMBER, 1864VARIOUS
    It's a damn good thing Pearl had as good hold on me as she had, or I'd been a goner.
    HOOKERSRICHARD F. MANN
    This is one of his important duties; for, if a sheep eats of this plant, he is a "goner."
    HUNTING IN MANY LANDSVARIOUS
    "I reckon he's a goner, Cap," he admitted, as though surprised.
    THE DEVIL'S OWNRANDALL PARRISH
    If Thwicket doesn't sell inside of thirty minutes I'm a goner, and what's worse, he'll be a goner with me!
    TIN-TYPES TAKEN IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORKLEMUEL ELY QUIGG
    The doctors didn't bother him much, for they saw he was a goner, and when he asked if he could live they told him no.
    TIN-TYPES TAKEN IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORKLEMUEL ELY QUIGG
    Rocket's a goner,' when I flung the halter in Harney's ugly face, and came off home to tell you.
    BAD HUGHMARY JANE HOLMES
    "Burlman Rennuls," ses I to myse'f, "you's a goner," when dar comes Grumbo a-pitchin'—no stoppin' to smell noses.
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    WORDS RELATED TO GONER

    • at end of one's rope
    • back to the wall
    • can't win
    • dead duck
    • despairing
    • despondent
    • downcast
    • forlorn
    • futile
    • gone
    • goner
    • hard up
    • in the soup
    • in the toilet
    • inconsolable
    • irrecoverable
    • irremediable
    • irretrievable
    • no chance
    • no-win
    • running out of time
    • sad
    • sunk
    • up against it
    • up the creek
    • useless
    • vain
    • wretched
    Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.