Synonyms of gone
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as in extinct 
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as in fallen
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as in missing
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as in pregnant
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as in excellent
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as in proceeded
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as in gotten
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as in sufficed
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as in coincided
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as in extended
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as in become
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as in collapsed
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as in belonged
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as in faded
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as in walked
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as in ranged
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as in bet
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as in intended
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as in ended
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as in afforded
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as in tolerated
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as in died
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as in clicked
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as in extinct
no longer existing
woolly mammoths have been long gone
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as in fallen
no longer living
doctors came to the waiting room to give the sad news that the operation hadn't been successful and the heart patient was gone
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as in missing
no longer possessed
I put my watch right here on the table, but now it's gone
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as in pregnant
containing unborn young within the body
a woman who's seven months gone
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as in excellent
slang
of the very best kind
in jazz circles he was regarded as a real gone trumpeter
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as in proceeded
to move forward along a course
everything is going according to our plans
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as in gotten
to leave a place often for another
will go on vacation at the end of the year decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier
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as in sufficed
to be fitting or proper
at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes
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as in coincided
to be in agreement on every point
your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said
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as in become
to eventually have as a state or quality
she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark
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as in collapsed
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges
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as in belonged
to have or be in a usual or proper place
these plates go in this cabinet
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as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
when you get old, your eyesight starts to go
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as in walked
to make one's way through, across, or over
I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space
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as in bet
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event
to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round
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as in intended
chiefly Southern & Midland
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off
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as in ended
to come to an end
we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went
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as in afforded
to have enough money for
I think I can go for the new car after all
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as in tolerated
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute
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as in died
to stop living
her grandmother went peacefully last night
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as in clicked
to turn out as planned or desired
we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out
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Recent Examples of gone
Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who’ve gone public with the news.
—Dan Singer, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020
Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
The galette must have gone into the oven at the start of the meal.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Inspired by Eusope’s great-grandfather’s recipe, the palm-size puffs are maddeningly delicious and gone much too soon.
—Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who’ve gone public with the news.
—Dan Singer, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020
Verb
McCaffrey has the only two running plays that have gone for more than 10 yards, with a 13-yard run against Seattle and a 10-yard run against New Orleans.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
The galette must have gone into the oven at the start of the meal.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone
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Rochín-Bañaga, who was not involved in the new research, has used the method to analyze ancient corals and belemnites, an extinct order of squidlike cephalopods.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Paleoanthropologists have once again sparked a debate after suggesting that a long-extinct human relative may have buried its dead more than 120,000 years before modern humans started funerary practices.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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All of this, moreover, while so many of us simply wish to mourn and honor our fallen friend.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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The series throws its 292 fallen samurai warriors into a fight to the death and, ultimately, for the winner, untold riches, with period echoes of FX’s wildly successful Shogun and plot echoes of Netflix’s own blockbuster Squid Game.—
Mathew Scott,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One member of the British royal family who was noticeably missing, however, was his wife, Camilla.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
21 Sep. 2025
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Decker was already facing custodial interference charges after the girls were initially reported missing.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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The expedition suffered one fatality as one of eight pregnant women on the journey died during childbirth.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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Skip to content At 38 weeks pregnant with her second child, Hannah Robb has no time to waste on red tape.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Shaw and Harry Maguire were excellent.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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And this does bode well for interior roominess, which is quite accommodating up front for a variety of heights and body types—plus tremendously comfortable standard sport bucket seats with excellent bolstering.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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In earlier phases of the litigation, the district court issued provisional reinstatement orders at several agencies, but those orders were stayed by the Supreme Court while the case proceeded.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Arias-Galva said that she had been cut off by Heinz, who proceeded to threaten her with death and then allegedly shot her.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Face-to-face sales are needed where online contracts once sufficed.—
Alla Adam,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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An Alien television show featuring nothing more than the Coca Cola classic Alien could have sufficed us, so why all the extra bells and whistles?—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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That sentiment has coincided with plummeting sales of Teslas, particularly in Europe.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Williams, 92, is a Jamaican immigrant with end-stage kidney disease whose roof, parts of which are nine and 19 years old, began to leak after a period of heavy weather in late September that coincided with the passage of Hurricane Helene.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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