Synonyms of cast

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verb (1)

ˈkast 

1

as in to radiate

to throw or give off

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• radiate
• release
• emit
• emanate
• expel
• shoot
• send (out)
• eliminate
• issue
• exhale
• evolve
• throw out
• discharge
• pour
• give out
• irradiate
• vent
• expire
• evacuate
• exude
• erupt
• ooze
• excrete
• secrete
• jet
• spray
• eject
• gush
• spew
• spout
• squirt
• spurt
• outpour

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to aim

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

cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aim
• set
• direct
• head
• hold
• bend
• train
• steer
• focus
• sight
• pinpoint
• level
• face
• concentrate
• bear
• orient
• incline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in to prepare

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

carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prepare
• compose
• draft
• write
• craft
• draw up
• formulate
• put together
• frame
• sculpture
• mold
• make
• form
• shape
• word
• build
• pen
• phrase
• fabricate
• assemble
• couch
• author
• construct
• state
• devise
• fashion
• express
• conceive
• compound
• verbalize
• piece (together)
• concoct
• indite
• redraft
• reframe
• reformulate

4

as in to throw

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

cast a rock into the stream

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throw
• toss
• hurl
• fling
• sling
• fire
• launch
• let fly
• chuck
• heave
• pitch
• lob
• catapult
• peg
• dart
• bowl
• gun
• dash
• pelt
• flip
• hurtle
• roll
• loft
• thrust
• hook
• pass
• precipitate
• rifle
• shoot
• project
• propel
• eject
• impel
• buck

cast

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noun (1)

1

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future

stock market analysts offered an optimistic cast for the coming year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prediction
• forecast
• predicting
• forecasting
• prophecy
• sign
• prognosis
• prognostic
• bodement
• prognostication
• soothsaying
• vaticination
• auguring
• anticipation
• prognosticating
• augury
• foretelling
• presaging
• omen
• harbinger
• prevision
• guess
• conjecture
• portent
• foreknowledge
• surmise
• prospectus
• foreboding
• foresight

2

as in shade

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 & Similar Words

• shade
• color
• tone
• hue
• tint
• tinge
• coloration
• coloring
• tincture
• contrast
• brightness
• undertone
• overtone
• primary color
• secondary color
• lightness
• value
• chroma
• tertiary color
• saturation
• pigmentation
• chromaticity
• colorway

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• achromatism

3

as in glance

an instance of looking especially briefly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glance
• glimpse
• look
• peek
• peep
• view
• gaze
• stare
• glare
• sight
• eye
• gander
• regard
• side-glance
• ogle
• gape
• leer
• squint
• squinny
• coup d'oeil

4

as in look

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 & Similar Words

• look
• expression
• face
• smile
• grin
• countenance
• visage
• scowl
• mouth
• presence
• appearance
• frown
• bearing
• grimace
• air
• demeanor
• lower
• pout
• manner
• aspect
• mien

5

as in shape

the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance

the lovely cast of the baby's features

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shape
• form
• geometry
• figure
• fashion
• configuration
• silhouette
• outline
• conformation
• contour
• shell
• skeleton
• design
• frame
• profile
• framework
• plan
• organization
• layout
• pattern
• arrangement
• format
• setup
• makeup

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• material
• composition
• matter
• substance
• stuff
• raw material

cast (off)

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verb (2)

as in to dump

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dump
• discard
• ditch
• unload
• lose
• shuck (off)
• slough (off)
• fling (off or away)
• throw away
• shed
• scrap
• sluff (off)
• dispose of
• abandon
• reject
• set aside
• jettison
• throw out
• lay by
• remove
• exorcise
• toss
• chuck
• eliminate
• junk
• dismiss
• cashier
• eighty-six
• deep-six
• root (out)
• pitch
• abdicate
• kick out
• stamp (out)
• forsake
• wipe out
• eradicate
• desert
• abolish
• exterminate
• extirpate
• expunge
• annihilate
• extinguish
• liquidate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopt
• use
• take on
• embrace
• employ
• utilize
• keep
• hold
• retain
• hold back

cast (up)

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verb (3)

as in to add

to combine (numbers) into a single sum

had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• add
• tot (up)
• tote (up)
• foot (up)
• sum
• calculate
• count
• put together
• compute
• total
• totalize
• summate
• number
• table
• work out
• cipher
• tabulate
• tell
• figure
• enumerate
• tally
• reckon
• recompute
• refigure

castoff

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noun (2)

as in reject

one who is cast out or rejected by society

a castoff who later became a famous poet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reject
• castaway
• outcast
• pariah
• leper
• exile
• outsider
• offscouring
• untouchable
• deportee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insider

cast-off

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adjective

as in discarded

Related Words

• discarded
• junked
• waste
• refuse
• neglected
• jettisoned
• castaway
• ignored
• untended
• unattended
• shabby
• rejected
• disused
• vacated
• abandoned
• forsaken
• deserted
• derelict
• godforsaken
• forgotten
• vacant
• miserable
• desolate
• wretched
• void
• idle
• empty

Dissimilar Words

• reclaimed
• saved
• recovered
• redeemed
• salvaged
• retrieved
• restored
• reconditioned
• rescued
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cast

Verb

The latest version of the bill would also implement a requirement that voters show photo ID to cast a ballot, a change from earlier iterations. —Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026

Even for those who are perfectly cast for Disney endings. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026

Noun

The fabulous Syrian woman is immediately thrown into the Housewives ringer, with other cast members claiming her husband is having an affair. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026

In addition to Garner, Coster-Waldau and Rice returned for the second season, while new cast members include Rita Wilson and Judy Greer, all of whom took part in the panel discussion. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026

Noun

Receiver Skyy Moore, a Kansas City Chiefs castoff, started in motion to his right and then came back left as quarterback Brock Purdy received a snap from under center. —Michael Silver, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026

And in the latest transaction for one of the Yankees’ AL rivals, that has meant a new home for a recent castoff. —Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026

Adjective

Horák had similarly repurposed cast-off items to deliver a vegetarian course of cavatelli pasta. —Christine Muhlke, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2025

There was blood cast-off on the walls in various places, including above Xana's body. —Robert Birsel hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025

Phrases Containing cast

• cast (off)
• cast (up)
• cast about (for)
• cast around (for)
• cast down
• cast out