maroon

/mɚˈun/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. of dark brownish to purplish red

verb

1. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
   “the travellers were marooned”
2. leave stranded on a desert island without resources
   “The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”

noun

1. a person who is stranded (as on an island)
   “when the tide came in I was a maroon out there”
2. a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
3. an exploding firework used as a warning signal

Synonyms for maroon

• brownish-red
• chromatic
• strand

Words that rhyme with maroon

• moon
• immune
• spoon
• tune
• balloon
• festoon
• cartoon
• cocoon
• honeymoon
• jejune
• loon
• monsoon
• pantaloon
• platoon
• prune
• saloon
• afternoon
• boon
• buffoon
• cardoon
• coon
• goon
• harpoon
• lampoon
• pontoon
• poon
• raccoon
• saskatoon
• swoon
• tablespoon