1. left
adjective. ['ˈlɛft'] being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.
Synonyms
- larboard
- place
- near
- port
- leftmost
- left-handed
- nigh
- position
Antonyms
- ambidextrous
- right
- downgrade
- divest
Etymology
- left (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Words that Rhyme with Left
- antitheft
- kreft
- bereft
- theft
- tefft
- neft
- heft
- deft
How do you pronounce left?
Pronounce left as lɛft.
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UK - How to pronounce left in British English
How do you spell left? Is it leaved ?
A common misspelling of left is leaved
Example sentences of the word left
1. Verb, past participle
There should be four piles of five cards, with additional cards left over.
2. Adjective
Driving is on the left side of the road.
3. Noun, singular or mass
Click the radio button to the left of the image size you want for your desktop background.
4. Verb, past tense
The icon normally starts out in the bottom left or right of your phone when you first get it.
Quotes containing the word left
1. A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
- Marilyn Monroe
2. My father left Nazi Germany a year after Dr. Kissinger, and so in my household he was very much an icon. He was a kind of immigrant success story, a refugee success story.
- Eugene Jarecki
3. When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
- Erma Bombeck
2. left-hander
noun. a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right.
Synonyms
- someone
- soul
- southpaw
- person
- individual
- lefty
- somebody
Antonyms
- unemotional person
- worker
- extrovert
- debtor
3. left-hand
adjective. ['ˌlɛftˈhænd'] intended for the left hand.
Synonyms
- left
Antonyms
- ambidextrous
- adroit
4. left-hander
noun. a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand.
Synonyms
- southpaw
- left-handed pitcher
- twirler
- hurler
- left hander
- pitcher
- lefty
Antonyms
- introvert
- withholder
- male
- adult
5. left
noun. ['ˈlɛft'] location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east.
Synonyms
- place
- left stage
- position
Antonyms
- dominant
- lower-class
- high status
- southernness
Etymology
- left (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. left
adjective. ['ˈlɛft'] not used up.
Synonyms
- remaining
- unexpended
- unexhausted
- left over
- leftover
Antonyms
- starboard
- disarrange
- deglycerolize
- front
Etymology
- left (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. left
noun. ['ˈlɛft'] those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare.
Synonyms
- left wing
- faction
Antonyms
- upper-class
- middle-class
- low status
Etymology
- left (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. left
noun. ['ˈlɛft'] the hand that is on the left side of the body.
Synonyms
- paw
- left hand
- manus
- hand
Antonyms
- dextral
- illegitimate
- unambiguous
- legitimate
Etymology
- left (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. left
noun. ['ˈlɛft'] the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left.
Synonyms
- piece of ground
- left field
- outfield
- tract
- parcel of land
- leftfield
- parcel
Antonyms
- generous
- distant
- natural
- adroit
Etymology
- left (Middle English (1100-1500))
10. left
adjective. ['ˈlɛft'] intended for the left hand.
Synonyms
- left-handed
Antonyms
- ambidextrous
- back
Etymology
- left (Middle English (1100-1500))