desert

Meaning

Noun

That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.

Adj

Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.

Verb

1. To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
2. To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.

Synonyms

abandon

forsake

leave

wilderness

quit

wasteland

waste

desolate

give up

run away

deserted

defect

relinquish

discard

uninhabited

leave behind

escape

barren

flee

renounce

cast away

apostatize

reject

wild

go away

drop

dry place

depart from

abandoned

fail

abscond

merit

neglect

solitary

forest

dreary

depart

reward

decamp

bare

barren land

gaunt

forsaken

stark

prairie

plain

omit

avoid

strand

desolation

out of the way

secluded

yield

cast off

maroon

worth

isolate

withdraw

run away from

sandy plain

isolated

bleak

let oneself go

lonely

lonesome

lose

meritoriousness

open up

originate

overturn

part with

play truant

privacy

provide

punishment

purvey

quiet

rebel

recluse

refuse

relinquished

remove

renegade

renege

repel

reprobate

repudiate

resign

retire

roar off

rule out

run

run amok

run off

sand

sandy desert

savanna

savannah

scratch

secede

separate

set forth

set off

set out

silent

🔇

snitch

solitude

start

start out

steppe

sterile

supply

surrender

take leave

take off

throw away

turn down

uncultivated

unfrequented

unpeopled

unproductive

veld

veldt

vote out

break camp

change sides

deservingness

deviate from

play hookey

redline

send packing

top out

uninhabited place

wilds

one’s share

deserted land

vast plain

wild land

turn one’s back

quiet place

gobi

tenantless

just desert

dry soil

turn away from

go away from

be disloyal

go over to the other side

skip class

airidity

go from

destitute of men

arid land

pertaining to the desert

uninhabited region

not keep

not want

wasteground

part

cut class

abdicate

abnegate

absquatulate

accommodate

also

arid

assign

badlands

bareness

border

break

break away

calculate

cashier

cede

come away

dead

💀

deliver

denounce

derelict

desertion

die

💀

die off

disavow

dishonour

dismiss

disperse

disqualify

ditch

drop out

dryness

empty

erg

evacuate

excellence

exiled

fall away

fall off

famine

flatland

fly the coop

forfeit

forgo

forlorn

furnish

get

get out

give way

go

go over

grant

jackrabbit

jettison

jilt

jungle

leak

leap

leave off

left

left behind

let alone

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈzɜːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: desert

In summary

From Middle English desert, deseert, from Old French deserte, from deservir (“to deserve”), from Vulgar Latin dēserviō (“to gain or merit by giving service”).

Sentences

I can learn something from the desert , too .

And he looked out over the desert that had brought him to the woman he loved .

The boy continued to listen to his heart as they crossed the desert .

" I don't know how to find life in the desert ," the boy said .

They were people of the desert , and clamored to hear his stories about the great cities .

The snake fought frantically , making hissing sounds that shattered the silence of the desert .