goners
Beyond all help
Goners is the plural of goner—someone or something doomed, ruined, or beyond saving.
The word implies certainty about a bad outcome: When the engine caught fire, we knew we were goners.
It appears in casual speech about anything past the point of rescue: Those plants are goners if you don't water them.
No longer alive
- finishedBrought to an end
- kaputSlang for ruined
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- done forRuined beyond repair
lost causes · condemned · sunk · cooked · history · written off · past saving · beyond help
Unsuccessful competitors
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- washoutsComplete failures or busts
- has-beensFormer notables past relevance
- write-offsCancelled debts or expenses
lost causes · dead ducks · sitting ducks · dead meat · roadkill · cannon fodder · easy pickings · expendables
dead
No longer alive
done for · lost causes · condemned · sunk · cooked · history · written off · past saving · beyond help · casualties
losers
Unsuccessful competitors
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- washoutsComplete failures or busts
- has-beensFormer notables past relevance
write-offs · lost causes · dead ducks · sitting ducks · dead meat · roadkill · cannon fodder · easy pickings · expendables
gonerssure things
Guaranteed outcomes
safe bets · shoo-ins · keepers · salvageable · hopefuls
- long goneDeparted very long ago
- gone outLeft a place
- gone wrongDeviated from intended outcome
- gone throughExperienced or completed
- gone badSpoiled, unfit to consume
- gone downMoved downward, decreased