Nearby Words
throwing away
| Main Entry: |
throw away
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispose of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cast, cast off, chase, clear, discard, dismiss, dispense with, ditch*, drop*, dump*, eject, eliminate, evict, extrude, free oneself of, get rid of, jettison, junk*, lose, refuse, reject, rid oneself of, scrap*, shake off, shed, shuck, slip, throw off, throw out, turn down, unburden |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
| Synonyms: | absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store |
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off |
| Antonyms: | embrace, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expend, spend |
| Synonyms: | be wasteful with, blow*, burn up, consume, deplete, dump*, fritter away, indulge oneself, kiss goodbye, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, squander, throw away, trifle away, use up, waste |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, gather, hoard, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ditch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty-six, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave, reject, scrap*, throw away, throw out, throw overboard |
| Antonyms: | pick up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fritter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away |
| Synonyms: | be wasteful with, blow*, cast away, consume, dally, diddle away, dissipate, frivol, go through*, idle, lavish, misspend, run through, spend like water, squander, throw away, trifle |
| Antonyms: | hold, save, store |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jettison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, cashier, cast, cast off, deep-six, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, slough, throw away, unload |
| Antonyms: | take in, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no to |
| Synonyms: | burn*, cashier, cast aside, cast off, cast out, chuck, decline, deny, despise, disallow, disbelieve, discard, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, eliminate, exclude*, give thumbs down to, jettison, jilt, kill*, nix, not buy, pass by, pass on, pass up, put down, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, scout, scrap, second, shed, shoot down, shun, slough, spurn, throw away, throw out, turn down, veto |
| Antonyms: | accept, allow, approve, choose, ratify, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with; free |
| Synonyms: | abolish, clear, deliver, disabuse, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, dump*, eject, eliminate, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fire, give the brush, heave-ho, junk*, kiss goodbye, liberate, make free, purge, release, relieve, remove, roust, scrap, send packing, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, toss out, unburden, unload, uproot |
| Antonyms: | get |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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