Synonyms of flinging (off or away)

flinging (off or away)

verb

present participle of fling (off or away)

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

he flung away the used matchstick

flinging off dirty clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• unloading
• discarding
• ditching
• casting (off)
• losing
• sloughing (off)
• shucking (off)
• throwing away
• disposing of
• laying by
• sluffing (off)
• setting aside
• throwing out
• abandoning
• scrapping
• shedding
• rejecting
• tossing
• removing
• jettisoning
• eighty-sixing
• exorcising
• chucking
• junking
• exorcizing
• kicking out
• eliminating
• wiping out
• stamping (out)
• dismissing
• 86ing
• deep-sixing
• cashiering
• pitching
• rooting (out)
• abolishing
• abdicating
• forsaking
• deserting
• eradicating
• expunging
• exterminating
• extirpating
• extinguishing
• annihilating
• liquidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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