All desert synonyms
des·ert
D d adjective desert
- arid — Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- lonely — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- uninhabited — having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on: an inhabited island.
- bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- infertile — not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil.
- sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- till — up to the time of; until: to fight till death.
verb desert
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
- cop out — If you say that someone is copping out, you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do.
- leave in the lurch — a situation at the close of various games in which the loser scores nothing or is far behind the opponent.
- opt out — to make a choice; choose (usually followed by for).
- pull out — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- take off — the act of taking.
- throw over — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- go awol — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- go west — a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- run out on — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- take a hike — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.