Definition of Goner

1. Noun. A person in desperate straits; someone doomed. "One mistake and you're toast"

Exact synonyms: Toast
Generic synonyms: Desperate

Definition of Goner

1. Noun. Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goner

1. one who is in a hopeless situation [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goner

gone through with
gone to bed
gone to hell
gone to pot
gone to sleep
gone to the dogs
gone together
gone under
gone with the wind
gonef
gonefs
goneness
gonenesses
goner (current term)
goners
gonfalon
gonfalonier
gonfaloniers
gonfalons
gonfanon
gonfanons
gong
gong buoy
gong show
gonged
gongfu
gonging
gonglike

Literary usage of Goner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Many thought it was a goner anyhow.—San Francisco Call, April 10. 1857 Two or three times I made up my mind that I was a goner. —SH Hammond, ' Wild Northern ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1879)
"Whereas, It is proper that the goner»! Assembly of South Carolina, now in session convened, express its opinion on these questions of vital importance ..."

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