What is another word for forsake?
866 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fɔːsˈe͡ɪk], [ fɔːsˈeɪk], [ f_ɔː_s_ˈeɪ_k]
Forsake is a verb that means to abandon or renounce. Other synonyms for forsake include abandon, desert, leave, relinquish, give up, drop, discontinue, neglect, disregard, reject, and betray. All of these words suggest leaving something or someone behind, often with a sense of finality. Abandoning implies giving up something or leaving it without any intention of returning. Desert suggests leaving behind something that one has been accustomed to or that requires one's attention. Relinquish implies letting go of something that one has possessed or controlled. In any case, these synonyms for forsake are useful for expressing a wide range of emotions and intentions where leaving something or someone behind is concerned.
Synonyms for Forsake:
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n.
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v.
• abandon • betray- blow the whistle ,
- bluff ,
- break faith ,
- break with ,
- cross ,
- deceive ,
- delude ,
- double-cross ,
- let down ,
- mislead ,
- play judas ,
- seduce ,
- sell out ,
- stab in the back ,
- trick ,
- turn in .
- can ,
- cast ,
- eighty-six ,
- eject ,
- fire ,
- fling ,
- heave ,
- hurl ,
- junk ,
- launch ,
- pitch ,
- shed ,
- shy ,
- sling ,
- slough ,
- toss .
- abscond ,
- apostatize ,
- go ,
- go over ,
- lapse ,
- pull out ,
- rat ,
- rebel ,
- renege ,
- revolt ,
- run out ,
- schism ,
- tergiversate ,
- turn ,
- withdraw .
- bail out ,
- beach ,
- bolt ,
- cop out ,
- decamp ,
- escape ,
- flee ,
- fly ,
- go AWOL ,
- leave in the lurch ,
- light ,
- opt out ,
- strand ,
- take off ,
- walk .
- banish ,
- cancel ,
- cashier ,
- dispatch ,
- dispense with ,
- dispose of ,
- dispossess ,
- divorce ,
- do away with ,
- dump ,
- eliminate ,
- expel ,
- oust ,
- protest ,
- remove ,
- repeal ,
- throw away ,
- throw out ,
- write off .
- am alienated from ,
- are alienated from ,
- art alienated from ,
- being alienated from ,
- dis continue ,
- dis continued ,
- dis continues ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-continue ,
- dis-continued ,
- dis-continues ,
- dis-continuing ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- dusted off ,
- dusting off ,
- dusts off ,
- forgat about ,
- forgetting about ,
- forgot about ,
- is alienated from ,
- parting from ,
- parts from ,
- was alienated from ,
- wast alienated from ,
- wasted one ,
- wastes one ,
- wasting one ,
- were alienated from ,
- wert alienated from .
- gave notice ,
- gives notice ,
- giving notice ,
- re treating ,
- re treats ,
- re-treat ,
- re-treated ,
- re-treating ,
- re-treats .
- dis charge ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charges ,
- dis charging ,
- dis place ,
- dis placed ,
- dis places ,
- dis placing ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-charging ,
- dis-place ,
- dis-placed ,
- dis-places ,
- dis-placing ,
- moves out ,
- moving out ,
- packing up ,
- packs up ,
- ran for hills ,
- ran for the hills ,
- run for hills ,
- running for hills ,
- running for the hills ,
- runs for hills ,
- runs for the hills ,
- skidaddled ,
- skidaddles ,
- skidaddling .
- fore going ,
- fore gone ,
- fore went ,
- fore-going ,
- fore-gone ,
- fore-went ,
- pre cede ,
- pre ceded ,
- pre cedes ,
- pre ceding ,
- pre-cede ,
- pre-cedes ,
- pre-ceding .
- go on wagon ,
- go the wagon ,
- go wagon ,
- goes on the wagon ,
- goes on wagon ,
- goes the wagon ,
- goes wagon ,
- going on the wagon ,
- going on wagon ,
- going the wagon ,
- going wagon ,
- leaved alone ,
- leaved out ,
- leaves alone ,
- leaving alone ,
- packing in ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- sate out ,
- sits out ,
- sitting out ,
- sur rendered ,
- sur rendering ,
- sur renders ,
- sur-render ,
- sur-rendered ,
- sur-rendering ,
- sur-renders ,
- sware off ,
- swears off ,
- swore off ,
- take cure ,
- takes cure ,
- takes oath ,
- takes the cure ,
- takes the oath ,
- taking cure ,
- taking oath ,
- taking the oath ,
- took cure ,
- took oath ,
- took the cure ,
- took the oath ,
- went on the wagon ,
- went on wagon ,
- went the wagon ,
- went wagon .
- re calling ,
- re calls ,
- re tract ,
- re tracts ,
- re-call ,
- re-called ,
- re-calling ,
- re-calls ,
- re-tract ,
- re-tracts .
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- leave altar ,
- leave at altar ,
- leave the altar ,
- leaved altar ,
- leaved at altar ,
- leaved at the altar ,
- leaved flat ,
- leaved the altar ,
- leaves altar ,
- leaves at altar ,
- leaves at the altar ,
- leaves flat ,
- leaves the altar ,
- leaving altar ,
- leaving at altar ,
- leaving at the altar ,
- leaving flat ,
- leaving the altar ,
- left altar ,
- left at altar ,
- left flat ,
- left the altar .
- came away ,
- comes away ,
- coming away ,
- dis appear ,
- dis appeared ,
- dis appearing ,
- dis appears ,
- dis-appear ,
- dis-appeared ,
- dis-appearing ,
- dis-appears ,
- gave slip ,
- gave the slip ,
- give slip ,
- gives slip ,
- gives the slip ,
- giving slip ,
- giving the slip ,
- goes forth ,
- going forth ,
- headed out ,
- heading out ,
- heads out ,
- ran along ,
- re tire ,
- re tired ,
- re tires ,
- re tiring ,
- re-tire ,
- re-tiring ,
- removed oneself ,
- removes oneself ,
- removing oneself ,
- rid off ,
- rides off ,
- riding off ,
- rode off ,
- running along ,
- runs along ,
- said goodbye ,
- says goodbye ,
- sets out ,
- slipped out ,
- slipping out ,
- slips out ,
- slipt out ,
- takes leave ,
- took leave ,
- walked out ,
- walks out ,
- went forth .
- goes away from ,
- going away from ,
- hanged it up ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging it up ,
- hanging up ,
- hangs it up ,
- hung it up ,
- leaved hanging ,
- leaves hanging ,
- leaving hanging ,
- left hanging ,
- went away from .
- abstained from ,
- abstaining from ,
- apostacized ,
- apostacizes ,
- apostacizing ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- divorced from ,
- divorced oneself from ,
- divorces from ,
- divorces oneself from ,
- divorcing from ,
- divorcing oneself from ,
- tossed over ,
- tosses over ,
- tossing over ,
- tost over ,
- washed hands of ,
- washes hands of ,
- washing hands of .
- am against ,
- are against ,
- art against ,
- being against ,
- de fault ,
- de faulted ,
- de faulting ,
- de faults ,
- de-fault ,
- de-faulted ,
- de-faulting ,
- de-faults ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis inherit ,
- dis inherited ,
- dis inheriting ,
- dis inherits ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- dis-inherit ,
- dis-inherited ,
- dis-inheriting ,
- dis-inherits ,
- flew face of ,
- flew in face of ,
- flew in the face of ,
- flew the face of ,
- flies face of ,
- flies in the face of ,
- flies the face of ,
- fly face of ,
- fly the face of ,
- flying face of ,
- flying in face of ,
- flying in the face of ,
- flying the face of ,
- nixed ,
- re probate ,
- re probating ,
- re verse ,
- re versing ,
- re-probate ,
- re-probated ,
- re-probates ,
- re-verse ,
- re-versed ,
- was against ,
- wash one hands of ,
- wash ones hands of ,
- washed one hands of ,
- washed one's hands of ,
- washed ones hands of ,
- washes one hands of ,
- washes one's hands of ,
- washes ones hands of ,
- washing one hands of ,
- washing one's hands of ,
- washing ones hands of ,
- wast against ,
- were against ,
- wert against .
- Re sign ,
- ceased work ,
- ceases work ,
- ceasing work ,
- ended service ,
- ending service ,
- ends service ,
- gave ship ,
- gave the ship ,
- gave up ship ,
- gave up the ship ,
- give ship ,
- give the ship ,
- give up ship ,
- gives ship ,
- gives the ship ,
- gives up ship ,
- gives up the ship ,
- giving ship ,
- giving the ship ,
- giving up ship ,
- giving up the ship ,
- hand resignation ,
- handed in resignation ,
- handed resignation ,
- handing in resignation ,
- handing resignation ,
- hands in resignation ,
- hands resignation ,
- re signed ,
- re signing ,
- re signs ,
- re-sign ,
- re-signed ,
- re-signing ,
- re-signs ,
- separated oneself from ,
- separates from ,
- separates oneself from ,
- separating from ,
- separating oneself from ,
- signed off ,
- signing off ,
- signs off ,
- standing aside ,
- stands aside ,
- stood aside ,
- threw in the towel ,
- threw in towel ,
- threw the towel ,
- threw towel ,
- throw the towel ,
- throw towel ,
- throwing in towel ,
- throwing the towel ,
- throwing towel ,
- throws in the towel ,
- throws in towel ,
- throws the towel ,
- throws towel .
- consign scrap heap ,
- consigned scrap heap ,
- consigned to scrap heap ,
- consigning scrap heap ,
- consigning to scrap heap ,
- consigns scrap heap ,
- consigns to scrap heap ,
- put out pasture ,
- puts out pasture ,
- puts out to pasture ,
- putting out pasture ,
- tosses out ,
- tossing out ,
- tost out .
- out mode ,
- out modes ,
- out place ,
- out placed ,
- out places ,
- out placing ,
- out-mode ,
- out-modes ,
- out-place ,
- out-placed ,
- out-places ,
- out-placing ,
- outmodes ,
- outmoding ,
- outplaced ,
- outplaces ,
- outplacing ,
- over ruled ,
- over rules ,
- over ruling ,
- over-rule ,
- over-ruled ,
- over-rules ,
- over-ruling ,
- re place ,
- re placed ,
- re places ,
- re placing ,
- re-placed ,
- re-places ,
- sets aside ,
- takes over ,
- took over .
Other synonyms:
- redline .
- throw .
- do little to help/solve etc. ,
- keep ,
- leave someone in the lurch ,
- not lift a finger ,
- that's your problem ,
- walk out on .
Other relevant words:
- Beaching ,
- Ejected ,
- Flipping ,
- Forbore ,
- Forgone ,
- Ratted ,
- Reprobated ,
- Reprobating ,
- Shied ,
- Shying ,
- Stranding ,
- abandon ,
- adios ,
- be against ,
- be alienated from ,
- be unfaithful ,
- betray ,
- bite the hand that feeds you ,
- blow whistle ,
- break promise ,
- break trust ,
- break up with ,
- cast ashore ,
- cast aside ,
- cast away ,
- casting away ,
- change sides ,
- chuck ,
- commit treason ,
- consign to scrap heap ,
- crawl out ,
- deep-six ,
- deep-sixed ,
- deep-sixes ,
- deep-sixing ,
- defect ,
- deliver up ,
- deny ,
- depart ,
- desert ,
- double cross ,
- doublecross ,
- drop ,
- drop out ,
- dust off ,
- evacuate ,
- fall away from ,
- finish with ,
- finished with ,
- flip ,
- fly in face of ,
- fly in the face of ,
- forego ,
- forget about ,
- forgets about ,
- forgo ,
- forgoing ,
- free of ,
- give the heave ho ,
- give up ,
- go away from ,
- go back on ,
- go on the wagon ,
- go over the fence ,
- go over the hill ,
- go west ,
- hang it up ,
- hang up ,
- have done with ,
- inform against ,
- inform on ,
- informed on ,
- is against ,
- jettison ,
- jilt ,
- junked ,
- junking ,
- leaf ,
- leave alone ,
- leave at the altar ,
- leave flat ,
- leave hanging ,
- leave high and dry ,
- leave in lurch ,
- leave out ,
- leave stranded ,
- leaves out ,
- leaving out ,
- left alone ,
- left at the altar ,
- left in the lurch ,
- left out ,
- left stranded ,
- move out ,
- moved out ,
- nixing ,
- outmode ,
- outplace ,
- pack in ,
- pack up ,
- packed in ,
- packed up ,
- packs in ,
- part from ,
- part with ,
- parted from ,
- parted with ,
- parting with ,
- parts with ,
- pass on ,
- pass up ,
- passed on ,
- passed up ,
- passes on ,
- passing on ,
- play false ,
- play truant ,
- put by ,
- put out to pasture ,
- putting out to pasture ,
- quit ,
- ratting ,
- relinquish ,
- renounce ,
- repudiate ,
- resign ,
- run for the hills ,
- run out on ,
- running out ,
- running out on ,
- sat out ,
- scrap ,
- scraps ,
- sell down the river ,
- setting aside ,
- shake off ,
- shakes off ,
- shies ,
- sit out ,
- skidaddle ,
- sneak off ,
- split up with ,
- split with ,
- spurn ,
- stab in back ,
- strands ,
- supersede ,
- swear off ,
- swearing off ,
- sweep away ,
- swept away ,
- take a hike ,
- take a walk ,
- take oath ,
- take over ,
- take the cure ,
- take the oath ,
- takes a walk ,
- taking over ,
- taking the cure ,
- tergiverse ,
- throw over ,
- throw overboard ,
- throwing overboard ,
- toss aside ,
- toss out ,
- tossed aside ,
- tossed out ,
- turn coat ,
- turn informer ,
- turn state's evidence ,
- turns informer ,
- violate oath ,
- walking ,
- walks ,
- wash one's hands of ,
- wash out ,
- washed out ,
- washes out ,
- washing out ,
- waste one .
- Negatived ,
- Negativing ,
- Tabooed ,
- Tabooing ,
- call on ,
- called on ,
- calling on ,
- enjoin from ,
- keep back ,
- keeping back ,
- keeps back ,
- kept back ,
- not buy ,
- say no to ,
- taboo ,
- take exception to ,
- turn down ,
- turn thumbs down ,
- veto ,
- withholds .
- Embarking ,
- Sallied ,
- Sallying ,
- come away ,
- emigrate ,
- exited ,
- give the slip ,
- go away ,
- go forth ,
- goes away ,
- going away ,
- head out ,
- leave ,
- pushing off ,
- remove oneself ,
- ride off ,
- run along ,
- say goodbye ,
- saying goodbye ,
- set out ,
- setting out ,
- slip out ,
- take leave ,
- taking leave ,
- vamoose ,
- walk out ,
- walking out ,
- went away .
- drop like hot potato ,
- kiss good-bye ,
- kiss goodbye ,
- laid aside ,
- lay aside ,
- lays aside ,
- quit cold turkey ,
- retire from ,
- stand down ,
- stood down ,
- take the pledge ,
- took the pledge .
- abstain from ,
- abstains from ,
- apostacize ,
- divorce from ,
- divorce oneself from ,
- toss over ,
- wash hands of .
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How to use "Forsake" in context?
For many people, the word "forsake" has a negative connotation. They might think of situations in which someone has chosen to walk away from a relationship or decision, or has discontinued support or assistance. But the word can also have a more positive meaning. For instance, someone who forsakes their unhealthy lifestyle might make a conscious decision to try a different approach to health and wellness. Ultimately, "forsaking" can refer to any action or decision that leads to a change in course or attitude.
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