maroon

Nouns

  • (n) a person who is stranded (as on an island)
    • when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
  • (n) a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
  • (n) an exploding firework used as a warning signal

Verbs

  • (v) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
    • the travellers were marooned
    strand,
  • (v) leave stranded on a desert island without resources
    • The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island

Synonyms

strand brownish-red

Words of close approximity

Maroc
marooned maroon-purple maroon-spotted