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
destroyed or killed
"we are gone geese"
Same sense: done for, kaput
dead
Same sense: at rest, at peace, asleep, deceased, departed
well in the past; former
"sweet memories of gone summers"
Same sense: departed, bygone, foregone, bypast
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Same sense: drunk, ripped, intoxicated, inebriated
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
Same sense: played out, spent, dog-tired, worn-out, worn out, washed-out, exhausted, fatigued
used up or no longer available
"gone with the wind"
Synonyms and antonyms
- done for
- kaput
- at rest
- at peace
- asleep
- deceased
- departed
- bygone
- foregone
- bypast
- drunk
- ripped
- intoxicated
- inebriated
- played out
- spent
- dog-tired
- worn-out
- worn out
- washed-out
- exhausted
- fatigued
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
- drawn
- dawn
- lawn
- withdrawn
- coupon
- shawn
- undergone
- pawn
- anon
- yawn
- fawn
- prawn
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.