Definition for Orphan:

• deprive of parents

Synonyms for Orphan:

• n.

  •
  • cherub,
  • child prodigy,
  • orphaned child,
  • child,
  • girl,
  • adolescent,
  • imp,
  • issue,
  • stray,
  • foundling,
  • boomerang kid,
  • boy,
  • bairn.
  •
  • exterminate,
  • take someone's life,
  • massacre,
  • assassinate,
  • strangle,
  • bump off,
  • slaughter,
  • dispatch.
  •animal (noun)
  • orphan.
  •orphan (noun)
  • orphaned,
  • unparented.
  •ragamuffin (noun)
  • scarecrow,
  • street person,
  • hobo,
  • guttersnipe,
  • guttersnipes,
  • scarecrows.
  •waif (noun)
  • homeless ones,
  • jetsams.
  •ward (noun)
  • de pendents,
  • protegees,
  • de-pendent,
  • protegee,
  • foster children,
  • adopted children,
  • de-pendents,
  • de pendent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gamin,
  • survivor.
  •Other relevant words:
  • chrysalis,
  • fatherless,
  • widow,
  • cocoon,
  • motherless,
  • alone,
  • nestling,
  • nymph,
  • parentless,
  • lad,
  • wastrel,
  • caterpillar,
  • bereaved.

Paraphrases for Orphan:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Orphans, orphaned.
  • Proper noun, singular
    orphaned.
  • Noun, plural
    orphaned.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    orphaned.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    Orphanages.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    anonymous.
  • Noun, plural
    wards.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    abandoned, fatherless.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Orphanhood, foundling.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    fatherless.

Orphan Sentence Examples:

• " Well," he said happily, " one orphan kitten has found a happy home!"

• It would be more fun than being an orphan.

Hyponym for Orphan:

• n.

  • animal
    offspring, young.
  • communication
    line.
  • person
    minor, someone, child, fry, small fry, nestling, somebody, tiddler, kid, shaver, tike, youngster, individual, tyke, person, nipper, mortal, soul.

• v.

  • possession
    divest, strip, deprive.