Synonyms of the word left


LEFTFACTION - HAND - LARBOARD - LEFT-HAND - LEFT-HANDED - LEFT-OF-CENTER - LEFT-WING - LEFTFIELD - LEFTISH - LEFTIST - LEFTMOST - LEFTOVER - LIBERAL - MANUS - MITT - NEAR - NIGH - ODD - PARCEL - PAW - PLACE - PORT - POSITION - REMAINING - SECT - SOCIALIST - SOCIALISTIC - TRACT - TURN - TURNING - UNEXHAUSTED - UNEXPENDED

left

  • adj. The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
  • adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political left.
  • adv. On the left side.
  • adv. Towards the left side.
  • n. The left side or direction.
  • n. (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
  • n. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of leave.
  • v. Remaining.
  • v. (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed.

faction

  • n. A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion…
  • n. Strife; discord.
  • n. A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact…

hand

  • n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other…
  • n. (heading) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
  • n. (heading) In linear measurement.
  • n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
  • n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
  • n. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special…
  • n. An instance of helping.
  • n. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
  • n. A person's autograph or signature.
  • n. Personal possession; ownership.
  • n. (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.
  • n. (heading) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
  • n. Applause.
  • n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar,…
  • n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  • n. A whole rhizome of ginger.
  • n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of…
  • n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
  • n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
  • n. (obsolete) Rate; price.
  • v. (transitive) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
  • v. (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
  • v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
  • v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.

larboard

  • n. (obsolete, nautical) The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.

left-hand

  • adj. of, relating to, or located on the left.
  • adj. designed for use by the left hand.
  • adj. in the opposite direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a left-hand thread).

left-handed

  • adj. Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
  • adj. Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
  • adj. Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
  • adj. Awkward or maladroit.
  • adj. Insincere or malicious.
  • n. Left-handed people, taken as a whole.

left-of-center

  • adj. (US) Alternative spelling of left-of-centre.

left-wing

  • adj. (politics) Favoring political and social equality, especially social democratic/democratic socialist,…

leftfield

  • adj. From out of left field; off-the-wall.

leftish

  • adj. (politics) Leaning towards the political left.

leftist

  • n. A person who holds views associated with the political left.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the political left.

leftmost

  • adj. Furthest to the left.

leftover

  • adj. Remaining; left behind; extra; in reserve.
  • adj. (chiefly in the plural, usually of food) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal…
  • n. Something left behind; an excess or remainder.

liberal

  • adj. (now rare outside set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which are considered…
  • adj. Generous; willing to give unsparingly.
  • adj. Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unrestrained, licentious.
  • adj. Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
  • adj. (politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern…
  • n. One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
  • n. (US) Someone left-wing; one with a left-wing ideology.
  • n. A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
  • n. (Britain) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also…

manus

  • n. (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in…
  • n. (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.

mitt

  • n. A mitten.
  • n. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
  • n. (informal, especially in plural) A hand.

near

  • adj. Physically close.
  • adj. Closely connected or related.
  • adj. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
  • adj. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
  • adj. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
  • adj. (of an event) Approaching.
  • adj. Approximate, almost.
  • adj. (dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
  • adj. (obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
  • adj. (obsolete, slang) Stingy; parsimonious.
  • adv. Having a small intervening distance with regard to something.
  • adv. (colloquial) nearly.
  • prep. Close to, in close proximity to.
  • prep. Close to in time.
  • v. To come closer to; to approach.
  • n. The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.

nigh

  • adj. (archaic, poetic) near, close by.
  • adj. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
  • v. To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
  • adv. Almost, nearly.
  • prep. near; close to.

odd

  • adj. (not comparable) Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.
  • adj. (obsolete) Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.
  • adj. Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.
  • adj. Strange, unusual.
  • adj. (not comparable) Occasional; infrequent.
  • adj. (not comparable) Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped.
  • adj. (not comparable) Casual, irregular, not planned.
  • adj. (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately.
  • adj. (not comparable) Not divisible by two; not even.
  • n. (mathematics, diminutive) An odd number.

parcel

  • n. A package wrapped for shipment.
  • n. An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
  • n. A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
  • n. (obsolete) A group of birds.
  • n. An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
  • n. A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
  • n. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
  • v. To wrap something up into the form of a package.
  • v. To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
  • v. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
  • v. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
  • adv. (obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.

paw

  • n. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable…
  • n. (humorous) A hand.
  • v. (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
  • v. (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.
  • v. (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
  • v. (by extension, of a human) To touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way.
  • v. (by extension, of a human) To clumsily dig through something.
  • n. (nonstandard or rural) Father; pa.

place

  • n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
  • n. A location or position in space.
  • n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
  • n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
  • n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
  • n. A frame of mind.
  • n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
  • n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
  • n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
  • n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
  • n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
  • n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
  • v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
  • v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
  • v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
  • v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
  • v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
  • v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
  • v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
  • v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).

port

  • n. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
  • n. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  • n. (nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front…
  • adj. (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
  • v. (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said…
  • n. (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
  • n. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through…
  • n. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  • n. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
  • n. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. <b class="Latn"…
  • n. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
  • v. (obsolete) To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
  • v. (military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of…
  • v. (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a…
  • v. (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
  • v. (governmental jargon, United States) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
  • n. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  • n. (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
  • n. (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally…
  • n. (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform…
  • n. (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code…
  • n. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
  • n. (Australia, Queensland, northern New South Wales and elsewhere, colloquial) A suitcase, particularly a…

position

  • n. A place or location.
  • n. A post of employment; a job.
  • n. A status or rank.
  • n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
  • n. A posture.
  • n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
  • n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
  • n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
  • n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
  • v. To put into place.

remaining

  • v. present participle of remain.
  • n. (uncountable, now obsolete or in theology) An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains.
  • n. (countable, rare) Remnant.
  • adj. which remains, especially after something else has been removed.

sect

  • n. An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious…
  • n. A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
  • n. (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.

socialist

  • adj. Of, promoting, practicing, or characteristic of socialism.
  • n. One who practices or advocates socialism.

socialistic

  • adj. Of or relating to socialism.
  • adj. Having socialist tendencies.

tract

  • n. An area or expanse.
  • n. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
  • n. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
  • n. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
  • n. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
  • n. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent.
  • n. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used…
  • n. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
  • n. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
  • n. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
  • n. (obsolete) Track; trace.
  • n. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.
  • v. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
  • v. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

turning

  • n. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
  • n. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their…
  • n. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
  • n. The act of turning.
  • n. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
  • v. present participle of turn.

unexhausted

  • adj. Not exhausted.

unexpended

  • adj. Not expended.

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