parentless

Thân thiện

A young girl feels parentless and alone in the world.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Having no living parents; orphaned: Describes a person, typically a child or young person, whose parents have died. 2. Not cared for by parental figures; lacking guardianship: Describes a child or young person who is without the care and supervision of parents or parent substitutes.

Usage

The adjective "parentless" directly modifies a noun to describe its state of being without parents. - It is typically used in formal, legal, or sociological contexts. - It describes a permanent or long-term condition.

Examples

• The charity provides support for parentless children in the community.
• After the tragedy, she found herself suddenly parentless at the age of sixteen.
• The novel tells the story of a parentless boy's journey through the wilderness.

Advanced Usage

• "parentless state": Refers to the condition or status of being without parents.
  • The law has specific provisions for children in a parentless state.
• Used attributively to form compound nouns (see Variants section).

Variants and Related Words

• Orphan (n.): A child whose parents are dead. (Note: "Orphan" is the more common noun; "parentless" is the descriptive adjective).
• Orphaned (adj.): Made an orphan. This is a more frequent synonym.
• Guardianless (adj.): Lacking a legal guardian. This is a close synonym focusing on the lack of supervisory care.

Synonyms

• Orphaned
• Unparented (less common)
• Without parents

Antonyms

• Parented
• With parents

Notes

While "parentless" can describe any person without parents, its most frequent and poignant use is in reference to children and adolescents. The term emphasizes the absence of parental care and guidance.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unparented