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scrap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrap

1 an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value

  • only a scrap of silk was left on the sewing table after they had finished the project
Synonyms of scrap

end, fag end, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, stub
Words Related to scrap

leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuse, remains, residual, residue, scraping(s), stump, vestige

balance, rest

chip, flake, fragment, piece, sliver, splinter

ribbon(s), shred, tatter
Near Antonyms of scrap

whole

2 a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete

  • a scrap of paper fluttered to the floor
Synonyms of scrap

bit, fraction, fragment, piece
Words Related to scrap

cantle, shred, tatter

end, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, stub

portion, section, segment

chip, flake, shard, shatter, shiver, sliver, splinter

clipping, paring, shaving

atom, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scruple, snip, snippet, speck, tittle

3 a very small piece

  • brushed away a scrap of lint
Synonyms of scrap

atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scruple, snip, snippet, speck, tittle
Words Related to scrap

ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet [chiefly Scottish], halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning [chiefly Scottish], lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen (also smidgeon), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whit

bite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit (also titbit)

fragment, part, portion, section

chip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinter

clipping, paring, shaving

smithereens
Near Antonyms of scrap

chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slab

abundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth

4 discarded or useless material

  • the rest of this stuff is just scrap, so sweep it up and throw it away
Synonyms of scrap

chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), garbage, junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, spilth, trash, truck, waste
Words Related to scrap

crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash

detritus, remains, rubble, ruins

dump, scrap heap

lumber, odds and ends, trumpery

flotsam, jetsam, wreckage

castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway

nothing, straw, two bits
Near Antonyms of scrap

catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable

booty, find, salvage

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scrap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrap

1 an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions

  • the state legislatureʼs annual scrap over the budget
Synonyms of scrap

altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argument, argy-bargy [chiefly British], battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Words Related to scrap

clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tussle

logomachy

feud, vendetta

attack, contention, dissension (also dissention)

debate, difference, disputation

fuss, objection, protest, protestation

affray [chiefly British], fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée)

catfight

2 a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups

  • several drunken revelers were involved in a scrap outside of the nightclub
Synonyms of scrap

battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle
Words Related to scrap

pitched battle, rough-and-tumble

affray [chiefly British], battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ruction

blows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up [chiefly British], slugfest

confrontation, duel, face-off, joust

altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argument, argy-bargy [chiefly British], contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wrangle

catfight
Near Antonyms of scrap

truce

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scrap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrap

to express different opinions about something often angrily

  • the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits
Synonyms of scrap

altercate, argue, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Words Related to scrap

challenge, dare, defy

clash, contend, contest, tangle

cavil, fuss, nitpick

consider, debate, discuss

kick, object, protest
Phrases Synonymous with scrap

bandy words, butt heads, lock horns, mix it up
Near Antonyms of scrap

coexist, get along

accept, agree, assent, concur, consent

Synonym Discussion of scrap

discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless.
    • discard old clothes
cast, especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation.
    • cast off her friends
shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster.
    • shed a bad habit
    • finally sloughed off the depression
scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form.
    • scrap all the old ways
    • would junk our educational system
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scrap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrap

1 to get rid of as useless or unwanted

  • we've decided to scrap the second car
Synonyms of scrap

cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off) , throw away, throw out, toss, unload
Words Related to scrap

abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake

dismiss, kick out

abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out
Phrases Synonymous with scrap

dispose of, set aside
Near Antonyms of scrap

adopt, embrace, take on

employ, use, utilize

hold, hold back, keep, retain

2 to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)

  • we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague
Synonyms of scrap

abandon, abort, call, call off, cancel, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrub
Words Related to scrap

abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off

recant, retract, take back, withdraw

countermand, reverse, roll back

break off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminate

hold back, interrupt, suspend

give up, relinquish, surrender
Near Antonyms of scrap

engage, pledge, promise

begin, commence, initiate, start

take on, take up, undertake
Antonyms of scrap

continue, keep

Synonym Discussion of scrap

discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless.
    • discard old clothes
cast, especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation.
    • cast off her friends
shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster.
    • shed a bad habit
    • finally sloughed off the depression
scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form.
    • scrap all the old ways
    • would junk our educational system

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