Synonyms for left
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1. leftnoun

   location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

   "she stood on the left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, right-wing, center, conservative, right-handed, reactionary, far-right, rightmost, rightish, spent, exhausted, ambidextrous, rightist, far, reactionist, centrist, two-handed, middle-of-the-road, right-hand(a), oldline, old-line, starboard

2. left, left wingnoun

   those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, rightist, reactionist, right-wing, spent, rightish, two-handed, centrist, old-line, rightmost, oldline, right-handed, far, conservative, middle-of-the-road, far-right, ambidextrous, right-hand(a), center, exhausted, reactionary, starboard

3. left, left handnoun

   the hand that is on the left side of the body

   "jab with your left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, rightmost, oldline, conservative, spent, exhausted, centrist, right-wing, reactionist, two-handed, reactionary, center, middle-of-the-road, right-handed, old-line, rightish, rightist, far-right, ambidextrous, starboard, far, right-hand(a)

4. left field, leftfield, leftnoun

   the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left

   "the batter flied out to left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, middle-of-the-road, oldline, rightmost, conservative, right-hand(a), rightist, centrist, old-line, exhausted, right-wing, spent, starboard, ambidextrous, two-handed, reactionary, far, reactionist, right-handed, center, far-right, rightish

5. leftadjective

   a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east

   "take a left at the corner"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, right-hand(a), ambidextrous, rightist, right-handed, centrist, rightmost, far, reactionist, oldline, old-line, conservative, two-handed, exhausted, right-wing, far-right, rightish, starboard, spent, center, middle-of-the-road, reactionary

6. leftadjective

   being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north

   "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"

   Synonyms:
   unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftover

   Antonyms:
   right, ambidextrous, far-right, right-handed, centrist, conservative, two-handed, spent, rightmost, far, reactionary, oldline, exhausted, old-line, center, rightist, middle-of-the-road, rightish, right-hand(a), reactionist, right-wing, starboard

7. leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpendedadjective

   not used up

   "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"

   Antonyms:
   right, center, middle-of-the-road, ambidextrous, far, starboard, far-right, reactionary, rightmost, right-hand(a), rightish, two-handed, rightist, old-line, exhausted, reactionist, right-handed, spent, centrist, oldline, conservative, right-wing

8. left(a), left-hand(a)adjective

   intended for the left hand

   "I rarely lose a left-hand glove"

   Antonyms:
   right, right-wing, ambidextrous, conservative, rightish, reactionary, far, two-handed, center, middle-of-the-road, old-line, rightist, reactionist, far-right, spent, starboard, right-hand(a), centrist, oldline, rightmost, exhausted, right-handed

9. leftadverb

   of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

   Synonyms:
   unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftover

   Antonyms:
   right, center, old-line, exhausted, far-right, right-wing, starboard, centrist, reactionary, ambidextrous, spent, rightish, conservative, two-handed, rightmost, reactionist, middle-of-the-road, right-handed, rightist, far, right-hand(a), oldline

10. leftadverb

    toward or on the left; also used figuratively

    "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"

    Antonyms:
    right, conservative, spent, rightish, exhausted, ambidextrous, far, old-line, starboard, right-handed, right-wing, far-right, rightmost, right-hand(a), reactionist, middle-of-the-road, rightist, centrist, reactionary, center, two-handed, oldline

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1. • Faction
   • Hand
   • Position
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1. vacant

   vacant means empty

   the streets were vacant

   Submitted by anonymous on April 16, 2020  

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1. leftnoun

   Associated words:
   sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw, port, larboard

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1. List of paraphrases for "left":

   izquierdo, left-hand, left-wing, departed, leftist, leftwards, gauche, abandoned, let, zuo, leave, ieft, ceased, izquierda, forgot, quit, departure, linke, left-side, left-leaning, exited, lh, left-, leaving, went, gone, left-winger, leaves, khalaf

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1. Howard Schultz:

   It concerns me that so many voices within the Democratic Party are going so far to the left, i ask myself, How are we going to pay for all these things? in terms of things like single-payer or people espousing the fact that the government is going to give everyone a job. I dont think thats realistic.

2. Christopher Polk/Getty Images:

   I stopped halfway up the driveway, kind of in the woods over Sunset Boulevard and I peed in a Snapple bottle in my car and then I sealed the bottle and left it there and went on to have a very absurd meeting with Tom Cruise.

3. Katherine Bentley:

   This program helped me learn that the mind and body are connected, with Franny, she had two MRI’s she had an ultrasound, she had a lot of testing done and everything was normal. So I can say, ‘Franny, I know your left can handle your weight, but we just need to stand on it.’ Some of it is just reassurance.

4. Greg Erlandson:

   There's been some crazy stuff going around, you're always going to get a fringe element, on both the left and right. There's some guy in Canada claiming to be the Pope.

5. Fraser McKevitt:

   So Ocado needs to consider how to plug this gap and ensure shoppers aren't left disappointed.