All maroon synonyms
maΒ·roon
M m verb maroon
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- isolate β to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- strand β to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- beach β A beach is an area of sand or stones beside the sea.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- forsake β to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- cast away β to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
noun maroon
- infrared β the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- garnet β Henry Highland, 1815β82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
- red β John, c1460β1529, English poet.
- refugee β a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- fuchsia β a plant belonging to the genus Fuchsia, of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.
- escaper β Person who escapes.
- claret β Claret is a type of French red wine.
- dp β 1. data processing. According to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a suit. See DPer. 2. dot pitch. 3. Dissociated Press.
- bittersweet β If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
- copper β Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
- ruby β a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- backslider β A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- cerise β Something that is cerise is a bright pinkish red.
- wine β the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- vermilion β a town in N Ohio.
- coral β Coral is a hard substance formed from the bones of very small sea animals. It is often used to make jewellery.
- magenta β a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859.
- deserter β A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.
- evacuee β A person evacuated from a place of danger to somewhere safe.
- dahlia β A dahlia is a garden flower with a lot of brightly coloured petals.
- runaway β a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter.
- chestnut β A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- coppers β Plural form of copper.
- geranium β any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- russet β yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- scarlet β a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- puce β of a dark or brownish purple.
- shipwreck β the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- salmon β a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- no-show β a person who makes a reservation and neither uses nor cancels it.
- blusher β Blusher is a coloured substance that women put on their cheeks.
- awol β If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- burgundy β Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.
- titian β (Tiziano Vecellio) c1477β1576, Italian painter.
- rufescent β somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.
- castaway β A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- crimson β Something that is crimson is deep red in colour.