Synonyms of shedding

shedding

verb

present participle of shed

1

as in peeling

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside

a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peeling
• sloughing
• discarding
• molting
• ditching
• slipping
• exfoliating
• sluffing
• scaling
• flaking
• unloading
• scrapping
• jettisoning
• flinging (off or away)
• chucking
• shucking (off)
• throwing away
• junking
• throwing out

2

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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