Synonyms of chucks

chucks

verb

present tense third-person singular of chuck

1

as in dumps

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

after the power outage we reluctantly chucked everything that had been sitting in the fridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in leaves

to give up (a job or office)

I swear, I have half a mind to chuck this job and become a hermit!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaves
• quits
• bags
• abandons
• gives notice
• retires (from)
• resigns (from)
• vacates
• steps down (from)
• steps aside (from)
• throws up
• drops out (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stays (at)
• hires (out or on)

3

as in throws

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

chucked a wad of paper at his friend's back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws
• tosses
• hurls
• flings
• fires
• bowls
• slings
• launches
• casts
• lobs
• pegs
• heaves
• dashes
• catapults
• guns
• flips
• pitches
• hurtles
• darts
• lofts
• pelts
• lets fly
• rolls
• rifles
• thrusts
• hooks
• passes
• shoots
• precipitates
• ejects
• projects
• bucks
• propels
• impels

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chucks

Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head. —Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025