THROW (ON) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

throw (on)

verb

Definition of throw (on)

as in to don

to place on one's person threw on a sweater and headed outside

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Aniya Harvey Season Eight’s Aniya Harvey sported a romantic look on the red carpet, donning a black lace Valdrin Sahiti dress with an extended cape.

— Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
Some loyalists donned their best Boston Raiders or Montreal Metros T-shirts, others filled their special edition popcorn buckets and soda cups, but all erupted into raucous cheers while viewing the penultimate and final episodes of the first season.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

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Across Lower East Side dives in the early 2000s, Brian Chase, Nick Zinner, and Karen O put on otherworldly rock shows that verged on performance art—a blaze of vodka-spitting, mic-fellating, IDGAF unruliness and explosive, clamorous tracks.

— Megan Buerger, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
Currently, these special taxes put on by voter signature gathering do not need to meet that threshold.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of put on

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For the second of two F--- Cancer gigs, Reynoso has racked up a gloriously absurd 13 local bands on one madcap, rapid-fire club bill, where each will swarm the stage rig to plug in and play 10-minute sets before giving way to the next act.

— Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026
And now that the president is unable to find support for his damaging policies on their merits, the administration is focused on rigging the rules to keep power and avoid accountability.

— Dylan Behler, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026

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throw (on)

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