The meaning of GONER is one whose case is hopeless. How to use goner in a sentence.

Most have reserves that can carry them through a short rough patch, but a hospital running in the red is a goner.

Nov 12, 2025 · (baseball slang) A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run. goner.

Definition of goner noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A goner is someone or something that is beyond help, doomed, or certain to fail. It is often used informally to describe a person in a hopeless situation.

A goner is someone or something that can't be saved — it's lost, or doomed. When you know your video game character is about to die, it's clear she's a goner.

GONER definition: a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery. See examples of goner used in a sentence.

If you say that someone is a goner, you mean that they are about to die, or are in such danger that nobody can save them.

"I thought it was well and truly a ' goner ' and that I'd have to go without, but thanks to some really detailed and helpful instructions from Neil our astute electrician, combined with an afternoon's hard …

I thought we were all goners [=were going to die] when the plane's engine stopped. This old computer is a goner. We'll have to get a new one.