Overview of noun derelict

The noun derelict has 2 senses

• derelict -- (a person without a home, job, or property)


• abandoned ship, derelict -- (a ship abandoned on the high seas)

Overview of adj derelict

The adj derelict has 4 senses

• creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone -- (worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack")


• abandoned, derelict, deserted -- (forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse")


• derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss -- (failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills")


• bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down -- (in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack")