Goner definition

gônər, gŏnər
goners
See word origin
Frequency:
One that is ruined or doomed.
noun
1
0
A person or thing that is beyond help or seems certain to die soon, be ruined, etc.
noun
0
0
Someone (something) doomed; a hopeless case.

I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.

You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.

noun
0
0
Advertisement

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
goner
Plural:
goners

Origin of goner

  • From gone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • gone +‎ -er

    From Wiktionary

Goner Sentence Examples

  • I thought he was a goner before we even got him out of the gorge.

  • Of all the emotions running through her mind, the one that hurt the most was knowing that everyone outside Hell had already written her off as a goner.

  • Which is a real shame, well I'm certainly not goner buy it now.

More sentences

Also Mentioned In

Words near goner in the Dictionary