The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Desert \De*sert"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Deserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserting.] [Cf. L. desertus,
   p. p. of deserere to desert, F. d['e]serter. See 2d
   Desert.]
   1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by
      and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to
      forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of
      localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause,
      one's country. "The deserted fortress." --Prescott.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mil.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake
      in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the
      army; to desert one's colors.
      [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deserted \deserted\ adj.
   1. having no residents; as, deserted villages.

   Syn: uninhabited.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. no longer used by people.

   Syn: abandoned, derelict.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. remote from civilization; as, the victim was lured to a
      deserted spot.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   4. being left by another without support or assistance; left
      in the lurch; -- of people; as, deserted wives and
      children.

   Note: In this sense, the label implies some level of
         dependence of the person(s) being deserted on those
         deserting them.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deserted
    adj 1: forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an
           abandoned farmhouse" [syn: abandoned, derelict,
           deserted]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

120 Moby Thesaurus words for "deserted":
   abandoned, abjured, antiquated, antique, apostasy, archaic,
   available, bar, bare, castaway, defenseless, demand, derelict,
   desertion, deserve, desolate, discarded, discontinued, disregarded,
   disused, done with, empty, falseness, fatherless, forlorn,
   forsaken, free, friendless, gain, get, godforsaken, half-done,
   have it coming, helpless, homeless, ignored, isolated, jettisoned,
   kithless, laid aside, left, left undone, lonely, marooned, merit,
   missed, motherless, neglected, not worth saving, obsolescent,
   obsolete, old, old-fashioned, omitted, on the shelf, open, out,
   out of use, out-of-date, outcast, outdated, outmoded, outworn,
   overlooked, passed by, passed over, passed up, past use,
   pensioned off, perfidiousness, perfidy, pigeonholed, put aside,
   rate, recreancy, rejected, relinquished, renounced, resigned,
   retired, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, solitary,
   stranded, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, tenantless,
   tergiversation, treacherousness, treachery, unasked, unattended to,
   uncared-for, unchaperoned, unconsidered, uncouth, undone, unfilled,
   unfrequented, unfriended, uninhabited, unmanned, unoccupied,
   unpeopled, unpopulated, unregarded, unsolicited, unstaffed,
   untaken, untenanted, untended, unvisited, unwatched, vacant,
   vacated, win, worn-out