All foundling synonyms
found·ling
F f noun foundling
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- waif — a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
- orphan — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- ragamuffin — a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
- urchin — a mischievous boy.
- outcast — a falling out; quarrel.