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

And the bullpen highlighted by Carlos Estevez and Lucas Erceg augmented by the addition of Matt Strahm figures to give them an advantage in putting away games. —Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026

Ultimately, the Saints couldn't complete an all-timer of a tournament shocker, fading late as the Blue Devils rallied from their biggest deficit all season — 13 points — before finally putting away a 71-65 win in Thursday's first round of the East Region. —ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

Commit to putting away only the laundry, say, not cleaning the entire room. —Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026

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