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

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

That would give the planet more time to drift outward as the dying sun sheds its outer layers into space, potentially avoiding engulfment altogether. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 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

Folds also sheds light on why the original sessions never surfaced. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 July 2026

This finding sheds light on an understudied period of ecological history and hints at more environmental factors that could have driven the extinction of species over time. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 6 July 2026