Synonyms of puts away

puts away

verb

present tense third-person singular of put away

1

as in buries

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buries
• inters
• entombs
• hides
• inhumes
• tombs
• lays
• immures
• inurns
• hearses
• enshrines
• conceals
• curtains
• reburies
• shields
• ensconces
• reinters
• obscures
• shades
• covers
• cloaks
• enshrouds
• shrouds
• coffins

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhumes
• unearths
• shows
• disinters
• reveals
• displays
• burns
• exhibits
• discloses
• discovers
• exposes
• cremates
• bares
• uncoffins

2

as in murders

to put to death deliberately

after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murders
• assassinates
• slays
• takes out
• executes
• knocks off
• rubs out
• does away with
• does in
• gets
• kills
• dispatches
• neutralizes
• blows away
• bumps off
• offs
• terminates
• destroys
• snuffs
• liquidates
• whacks
• cuts down
• carries off
• shoots
• shoots down
• ices
• croaks
• slaughters
• blots out
• wipes out
• mows (down)
• claims
• zaps
• eliminates
• smites
• fells
• butchers
• eradicates
• massacres
• annihilates
• exterminates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raises
• restores
• revives
• animates
• resurrects
• resuscitates

3

as in consumes

to take in as food

can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consumes
• eats
• partakes (of)
• tucks (away or in)
• puts down
• devours
• licks
• chews
• ingests
• picks (at)
• gnaws (at or on)
• mouths (down)
• swallows
• nibbles (on)
• gobbles (up or down)
• gluts (on)
• digests
• tastes
• scoffs
• downs
• chows (down on)
• relishes
• gulps
• wolfs
• slops
• snarfs (down)
• savors
• pigs out
• polishes off
• swills
• dines
• laps
• feasts
• fares
• gorges
• lunches
• banquets
• nurses
• regales
• snacks
• breakfasts
• munches
• bolts
• gums
• dispatches
• gormandizes
• sups
• noshes