Synonyms of casts (off)

casts (off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of cast (off)

as in dumps

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

• dumps
• ditches
• discards
• unloads
• loses
• throws away
• sluffs (off)
• disposes of
• sloughs (off)
• lays by
• throws out
• scraps
• exorcizes
• sheds
• sets aside
• shucks (off)
• rejects
• exorcises
• abandons
• removes
• chucks
• eighty-sixes
• junks
• tosses
• cashiers
• deep-sixes
• flings (off or away)
• jettisons
• eliminates
• 86es
• kicks out
• pitches
• wipes out
• dismisses
• abdicates
• deserts
• abolishes
• forsakes
• eradicates
• extirpates
• expunges
• exterminates
• annihilates
• stamps (out)
• extinguishes
• liquidates
• roots (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• takes on
• uses
• adopts
• embraces
• utilizes
• employs
• holds
• holds back
• retains
• keeps

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• takes on
• uses
• adopts
• embraces
• utilizes
• employs
• holds
• holds back
• retains
• keeps

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