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Synonyms & Antonyms of throw away
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- I should throw away that torn shirt
Synonyms for throw away
- cashier,
- cast (off),
- chuck,
- deep-six,
- discard,
- ditch,
- dump,
- eighty-six
- (or 86),
- exorcise
- (also exorcize),
- fling (off or away),
- jettison,
- junk,
- lay by,
- lose,
- pitch,
- reject,
- scrap,
- shed,
- shuck (off),
- slough (off)
- also sluff (off),
- throw out,
- toss,
- unload
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2
to use up carelessly
- if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use
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throwaway
nounSynonyms of throwaway (Entry 2 of 2)
2
as in handout, handbill
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“Throw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20away. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of throw away was in the 14th century
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