Synonyms of sheds

sheds 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shed

1

as in peels

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

• peels
• discards
• ditches
• sloughs
• slips
• molts
• exfoliates
• flakes
• scales
• scraps
• unloads
• chucks
• throws away
• jettisons
• throws out
• flings (off or away)
• junks
• shucks (off)

2

as in discards

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

• discards
• ditches
• unloads
• dumps
• loses
• abandons
• scraps
• rejects
• removes
• tosses
• eliminates
• exorcises
• jettisons
• casts (off)
• chucks
• sloughs (off)
• junks
• throws away
• lays by
• sets aside
• throws out
• flings (off or away)
• disposes of
• sluffs (off)
• dismisses
• shucks (off)
• forsakes
• deep-sixes
• eradicates
• eighty-sixes
• abolishes
• cashiers
• pitches
• kicks out
• abdicates
• deserts
• extinguishes
• wipes out
• stamps (out)
• expunges
• exterminates
• extirpates
• annihilates
• roots (out)
• liquidates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uses
• adopts
• embraces
• employs
• takes on
• utilizes
• holds
• retains
• keeps
• holds back

sheds

2 of 2

noun

plural of shed

as in huts

Related Words

• huts
• shacks
• hovels
• cottages
• shanties
• lean-tos
• camps
• cabins
• hooches
• hutches
• hutments
• cots
• bungalows
• cabanas
• lodges
• chalets
• tents
• wigwams
• wickiups
• hogans

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sheds

Verb

Although few places are better than Hollywood at crafting a narrative and concealing what happens off-frame, a Los Angeles Times survey of job postings sheds light on what is happening offstage. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Continue reading … IN OTHER NEWS FLIGHT SCARE – Ryanair CEO says early evidence sheds light on window blowout that nearly sucked passenger out of plane. — FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Quinn sheds light on some of KTQ’s most significant productions, especially Hoops Dreams, the seminal film directed by Steve James (also the director of Abacus, The Interrupters, Life Itself and other Kartemquin classics). — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 July 2026

The find not only sheds light on exchange networks connecting Campania with Greece, Egypt, Etruria and the eastern Mediterranean, but is an important source of information about burial customs and everyday life in pre-Roman Campania. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026

Best Time to Visit The best time to visit Delray Beach is from late April through early June, when the city still hums with energy but sheds the intensity of peak season. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2026

The data, compiled by ICE and processed by a UC Berkeley Law School initiative, sheds light on how the agency has operated in Sacramento, where dozens of arrests have taken place downtown and through administrative transfers at prisons. — Mathew Miranda july 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Even when a person sheds the parasite through bowel movements, the parasite isn’t mature enough to infect other people immediately. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 July 2026

Besides the remarkable feat of even capturing the event, the research also sheds light on a longstanding question about how the seafloor spreads. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026