Synonyms of ditching

ditching

verb

present participle of ditch

1

as in dumping

to end a usually intimate relationship with

ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• leaving
• abandoning
• jilting
• cutting
• breaking off (with)
• blowing off
• kissing off
• snubbing
• kissing good-bye
• forsaking
• deserting
• brushing (aside or off)
• slighting
• marooning
• cold-shouldering
• high-hatting
• quitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taking
• hooking up (with)
• befriending
• latching (on or onto)

2

as in discarding

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

we ditched the old table at the town dump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• discarding
• unloading
• losing
• abandoning
• jettisoning
• scrapping
• rejecting
• shedding
• removing
• eliminating
• chucking
• tossing
• junking
• exorcising
• casting (off)
• sloughing (off)
• flinging (off or away)
• deep-sixing
• throwing away
• shucking (off)
• dismissing
• disposing of
• forsaking
• laying by
• setting aside
• sluffing (off)
• throwing out
• deserting
• eighty-sixing
• abolishing
• abdicating
• pitching
• cashiering
• eradicating
• kicking out
• exterminating
• expunging
• extinguishing
• extirpating
• wiping out
• liquidating
• annihilating
• stamping (out)
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• embracing
• employing
• utilizing
• keeping
• holding
• taking on
• retaining
• holding back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ditching

The design was a drastic departure from previous Astons, ditching the effortlessly speedy look for a furious, contentious design language with almost cartoonish proportions. — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026

Police have been trying to determine where Morley went after ditching the truck. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

This is also Fujifilm’s first Instax model to feature an LCD touchscreen, ditching the rear controls in favor of a larger display that takes up the entire back of the camera. — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026

It's pulled this off by ditching the bulky battery that every other vest comes with, and runs off power from your phone instead. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026

Jane Bargmann, global managing partner of private equity, industrial and life sciences at H&S noted a growing trend of leaders ditching their day jobs for a full-time board career. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Shoppers are ditching sweet gourmand perfumes and candles for something that smells like a backyard garden, and the tomato leaf fragrance trend is leading that shift this spring and summer. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

The keys use a USB device to store a private authentication key to complete the login process, thereby ditching digital-only passwords or passcodes that a hacker can steal. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

Abrego said that was the Academy’s biggest question in ditching broadcast for a streamer. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026