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cast

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cast

1 a declaration that something will happen in the future

stock market analysts offered an optimistic cast for the coming year

Synonyms of cast

auguring, augury, bodement, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, prediction, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination

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foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign

anticipation, foreknowledge

conjecture, guess, surmise

2 a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished

the walls had a slight yellowish cast

Synonyms of cast

color, hue, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, tone

Words Related to cast

overtone, undertone

primary color, secondary color, tertiary color

brightness, chroma, chromaticity, contrast, lightness, saturation, value

coloration, coloring, colorway, pigmentation

Near Antonyms of cast

3 an instance of looking especially briefly

a mischievous cast in his eye when we asked what our destination would be

Synonyms of cast

eye, gander, glance, glimpse, look, peek, peep, regard, sight, view

Words Related to cast

gape, gaze, glare, leer, ogle, stare

squinny, squint

4 facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling

his face took on a somewhat sad cast when we asked how his ill wife was faring

Synonyms of cast

countenance, expression, face, look, visage

Words Related to cast

frown, grimace, lower (also lour), mouth, pout, scowl

air, appearance, aspect, bearing, demeanor, manner, mien, presence

5 the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance

the lovely cast of the baby's features

Synonyms of cast

configuration, conformation, fashion, figure, form, geometry, shape

Words Related to cast

contour, outline, profile, silhouette

frame, framework, shell, skeleton

arrangement, design, format, layout, makeup, organization, pattern, plan, setup

Near Antonyms of cast

composition, material, matter, raw material, stuff, substance

cast

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cast

1 to throw or give off

spermaceti candles, made from whale oil, are known to cast an exceptionally bright light

Synonyms of cast

discharge, emanate, emit, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), shoot, throw out, vent

Words Related to cast

eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete

eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt

Near Antonyms of cast

absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up

2 to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal

cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane

Synonyms of cast

aim, bend, direct, head, hold, level, pinpoint, set, train

Words Related to cast

concentrate, focus

incline, orient, steer

Near Antonyms of cast

avert, curve, deflect, detour, divert, rechannel, shunt, sidetrack

3 to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form

carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible

Synonyms of cast

compose, craft, draft, draw up, formulate, frame, prepare

Words Related to cast

fabricate, fashion, form, mold, sculpture, shape

couch, express, phrase, state, verbalize, word

author, indite, pen, write

conceive, concoct, devise

build, construct, make

assemble, compound, piece (together)

redraft, reformulate, reframe

Phrases Synonymous with cast

4 to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

cast a rock into the stream

Synonyms of cast

catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss

Words Related to cast

bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot

buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust

Phrases Synonymous with cast

Synonym Discussion of cast

discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless.

- discard old clothes

cast, especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation.

- cast off her friends

shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster.

- shed a bad habit
- finally sloughed off the depression

scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form.

- scrap all the old ways
- would junk our educational system

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