Synonyms of putting away

putting away

verb

present participle of put away

1

as in burying

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

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burying
• interring
• tombing
• hearsing
• inhuming
• entombing
• hiding
• laying
• immuring
• reinterring
• inurning
• enshrining
• concealing
• shading
• shielding
• obscuring
• ensconcing
• enshrouding
• covering
• reburying
• coffining
• curtaining
• shrouding
• cloaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unearthing
• exhuming
• burning
• showing
• displaying
• exhibiting
• disclosing
• disinterring
• revealing
• cremating
• discovering
• exposing
• baring
• uncoffining

2

as in murdering

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

• murdering
• assassinating
• taking out
• doing in
• doing away with
• executing
• slaying
• knocking off
• bumping off
• killing
• getting
• rubbing out
• dispatching
• neutralizing
• cutting down
• blowing away
• terminating
• liquidating
• carrying off
• snuffing
• whacking
• shooting down
• destroying
• icing
• slaughtering
• shooting
• offing
• blotting out
• croaking
• wiping out
• mowing (down)
• claiming
• eliminating
• zapping
• felling
• eradicating
• smiting
• butchering
• massacring
• exterminating
• annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

3

as in eating

to take in as food

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eating
• consuming
• partaking (of)
• tucking (away or in)
• putting down
• picking (at)
• devouring
• licking
• ingesting
• chewing
• nibbling (on)
• mouthing (down)
• gobbling (up or down)
• gnawing (at or on)
• swallowing
• glutting (on)
• chowing (down on)
• polishing off
• digesting
• pigging out
• snarfing (down)
• tasting
• gulping
• dining
• scoffing
• relishing
• downing
• wolfing
• slopping
• savoring
• swilling
• gorging
• lapping
• munching
• feasting
• banqueting
• gumming
• bolting
• lunching
• supping
• regaling
• faring
• snacking
• breakfasting
• dispatching
• nursing
• gormandizing
• noshing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of putting away

Declutter by putting away items that collect there throughout the week, like mail, packages of food, keys, or extra dishes. —Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026

Utopia Home Premium Wooden Hangers One of my favorite little luxuries in my own home is having wooden hangers in all of our closets, which makes putting away laundry or getting dressed feel less like a chore. —Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2026

By splicing pop songs and familiar meme formats into cruel detainment footage, ICE strains to attract a younger demographic, hoping to convince people that the agency is a vibrant—and trollishly funny—organization engaged in the noble work of putting away bad guys. —Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026

Many new hires go with the default savings rate, which can result in putting away less. —Fiona Greig, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025

By putting away the Jayden Daniels-less Commanders, Kansas City raised its odds slightly from +500. —Scott Phillips, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025

That’s fine if your ideal rom-com is familiar enough to enjoy while strolling room to room putting away laundry or watching via a second screen while your first displays Da Bears game. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025

This may also mean putting away the document of offenses. —R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025

And that confidence and identity have carried over into the first two weeks of the season, from putting away a good Houston Texans team in the opener to pulling away from the Tennessee Titans this past weekend after trailing late in the third quarter. —Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025