Synonyms of ditched

ditched

verb

past tense of ditch

1

as in dumped

to end a usually intimate relationship with

ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumped
• left
• abandoned
• jilted
• blew off
• cut
• broke off (with)
• snubbed
• kissed off
• kissed good-bye
• deserted
• forsook
• brushed (aside or off)
• slighted
• cold-shouldered
• marooned
• high-hatted
• quit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• took
• befriended
• hooked up (with)
• latched (on or onto)

2

as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

we ditched the old table at the town dump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumped
• discarded
• unloaded
• lost
• abandoned
• scrapped
• jettisoned
• rejected
• junked
• chucked
• tossed
• shed
• removed
• eliminated
• exorcised
• cast (off)
• sloughed (off)
• laid by
• cashiered
• threw away
• deep-sixed
• disposed of
• flung (off or away)
• shucked (off)
• set aside
• dismissed
• sluffed (off)
• eighty-sixed
• forsook
• threw out
• pitched
• deserted
• abdicated
• abolished
• eradicated
• kicked out
• wiped out
• exterminated
• expunged
• stamped (out)
• extinguished
• annihilated
• liquidated
• extirpated
• rooted (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• employed
• embraced
• utilized
• retained
• held
• took on
• kept
• held back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ditched

The suspect ditched his bike in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood, northeast of where Interstates 105 and 110 intersect, and ran off. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

The hit-and-run driver then ditched the BMW and appears to have gotten into another car to escape. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Under the terms of the NBA’s 11-year, $76 billion pact with Disney’s ABC/ESPN, NBC Sports and Amazon’s Prime Video, the league ditched a significant volume of cable-exclusive telecasts for the greater reach of broadcast television. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Disney then ditched the movie, offloading it to the scrappy Relativity Media — sound like a familiar trajectory? — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026

The two generations between them kept the cotton and ditched the melons; but about a decade ago, when row crop prices were low, Burney decided to bring them back. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026

For the ceremony, the bride and groom ditched their uniforms for formalwear. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026

The Phillies ditched their usual Friday night City Connect uniforms for their traditional home pinstripes. — CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026

In addition to clearing the deal, culture secretary Nandy has ditched plans to bring forward secondary legislation enabling Ofcom to examine how the Paramount-WBD deal would impact streaming services. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026