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Gone definition

Gone is an adjective meaning "destroyed or killed." It has 6 meanings, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
adjective
Syllables
1
Letters
4
How common
Everyday word

Gone as an adjective

  1. destroyed or killed

    "we are gone geese"

    Same sense: done for, kaput

  2. dead

    Same sense: at rest, at peace, asleep, deceased, departed

  3. well in the past; former

    "sweet memories of gone summers"

    Same sense: departed, bygone, foregone, bypast

  4. stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

    Same sense: drunk, ripped, intoxicated, inebriated

  5. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

    Same sense: played out, spent, dog-tired, worn-out, worn out, washed-out, exhausted, fatigued

  6. used up or no longer available

    "gone with the wind"

Synonyms and antonyms

How to say gone

Gone has 1 syllable and rhymes with drawn. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with gone

All 26 words that rhyme with gone

GONE in word games

Scrabble
5
Words With Friends
7
Anagrams
0

Is GONE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check GONE in the word checker, or unscramble GONE to see the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.