forgotten
Lost to memory
Forgotten is the past participle of forget, describing something no longer remembered or attended to: a forgotten anniversary, forgotten dreams.
What's forgotten has slipped from memory or been neglected over time.
A forgotten man is someone society has overlooked.
Long-forgotten emphasizes how much time has passed since something was last recalled.
Not perceived by anyone
- disregardedNot given consideration
- unheededIgnored after being given
- unrecognizedNot identified or acknowledged
- unacknowledgedNot formally recognized
unsung · undervalued · omitted · sidelined · unattended · unobserved · unconsidered · unmarked
Completely abandoned or discarded
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- left-behindAbandoned or forgotten
discarded · orphaned · marooned · stranded · ditched · jilted · relinquished · unwanted
Put in wrong location
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- goneNo longer present
untraceable · mislaid · buried · hidden · obscured · irretrievable · unlocatable · scattered
Stored past experiences
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- yesteryearTime not long past
- bygoneOf earlier times
- wistfulSadly longing for something
longing · hiraeth · bittersweet · sepia · faded · recollection · reverie · halcyon
unnoticed
Not perceived by anyone
- disregardedNot given consideration
- unheededIgnored after being given
- unrecognizedNot identified or acknowledged
unacknowledged · unsung · undervalued · omitted · sidelined · unattended · unobserved · unconsidered · unmarked · unseen
forsaken
Completely abandoned or discarded
left-behind · discarded · orphaned · marooned · stranded · ditched · jilted · relinquished · unwanted · unclaimed
misplaced
Put in wrong location
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
gone · untraceable · mislaid · buried · hidden · obscured · irretrievable · unlocatable · scattered · dropped
memories
Stored past experiences
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- yesteryearTime not long past
- bygoneOf earlier times
wistful · longing · hiraeth · bittersweet · sepia · faded · recollection · reverie · halcyon · melancholy
antiquated
Old and outdated
bygone · discontinued · defunct · extinct · relic · ancient · dated · passé · superseded · old-fashioned
obliterated
Utterly and completely destroyed
deleted · removed · purged · scrubbed · redacted · destroyed · eradicated · censored · struck · cleared
- memoriesmemories, remember, recollections, childhood memory, childhood memories
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- overlookedoverlooked, unnoticed, ignored, neglected, unrecognized
- neglectneglect, neglected, abandonment, carelessness, disregard
- obscurityinvisibility, anonymity, concealment, hiddenness, obscurity
- past participlesbeen, done, gone, seen, taken
forgottenremembered
Brought back to mind
recalled · recollected · memorized · unforgotten · retrieved
forgottenremembered
Brought back to mind
commemorated · celebrated · immortalized · treasured · cherished
forgottenremembered
Brought back to mind
noticed · present · kept in mind · heeded · attended to
- forgotten wordsVocabulary fallen from use
- forgotten aboutNo longer in thought
- never forgottenKept in mind perpetually
- forgiven and forgottenExcused and no longer remembered
- forgotten townSettlement lost to memory
- forgotten meetingAppointment someone failed to recall