What is another word for forsake?
Pronunciation:
[ fɔːsˈe͡ɪk], [ fɔːsˈeɪk], [ f_ɔː_s_ˈeɪ_k]
Synonyms for Forsake:
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n.
• desolate -
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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