forego

forego is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.
2. transitive verb. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated.
3. intransitive verb. To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.
4. verb. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

   "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"

   "forfeited property"

   Synonyms: forfeit, forgo, waive

5. verb. do without or cease to hold or adhere to

   "We are dispensing with formalities"

   "relinquish the old ideas"

   Synonyms: foreswear, forgo, relinquish, waive

6. verb. be earlier in time; go back further

   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

   Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forgo, precede, predate

Synonyms

forfeit, forgo, waive, foreswear, relinquish, antecede, antedate, precede, predate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in forego:

goofer

Common word forms

foregoer, foregoes, foregoing

Words from these letters

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