left synonyms

left

modif.

  1. Opposite to right

    leftward, left-hand, near, sinister, sinistral, sinistrous, larboard, port, portside, nigh side*.

    Antonyms right*, right-hand*, starboard. *

  2. Remaining

    staying, continuing, over; see extra, remaining 2.

  3. Radical

    left-wing, liberal, progressive; see liberal 2, radical 2, revolutionary 1.

  4. Departed

    gone out, taken a powder*, split*; see gone 1. See syn. study at liberal.

left

n.

left hand, left side, port, larboard, sinister, portside, verso.

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