Synonyms of slough (off)

slough (off)

verb

variants also sluff (off)

as in to lose

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lose
• reject
• cast (off)
• dump
• shuck (off)
• toss
• eliminate
• lay by
• throw away
• dispose of
• set aside
• fling (off or away)
• ditch
• discard
• throw out
• shed
• unload
• exorcize
• scrap
• remove
• exorcise
• eradicate
• jettison
• junk
• chuck
• abandon
• pitch
• 86
• wipe out
• dismiss
• kick out
• cashier
• eighty-six
• abdicate
• deep-six
• forsake
• desert
• abolish
• stamp (out)
• extinguish
• extirpate
• exterminate
• expunge
• annihilate
• liquidate
• root (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopt
• take on
• use
• embrace
• employ
• utilize
• keep
• hold
• retain
• hold back