Synonyms of throwing out

throwing out

verb

present participle of throw out

1

as in dismissing

to drive or force out

the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissing
• ejecting
• chasing
• banishing
• casting out
• kicking out
• drumming (out)
• booting (out)
• running off
• turning out
• expelling
• turfing (out)
• giving one the gate
• evicting
• sending packing
• removing
• shutting out
• extruding
• routing
• sacking
• reading out
• outing
• firing
• ousting
• bouncing
• mustering out
• deforcing
• dispossessing
• exiling
• expatriating
• ostracizing
• deporting
• terminating
• displacing
• releasing
• retiring
• discharging
• pink-slipping
• canning
• axing
• cashiering
• defenestrating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taking in
• receiving
• taking
• accepting
• admitting
• welcoming
• entertaining
• lodging
• sheltering
• harboring
• housing

2

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• unloading
• discarding
• ditching
• casting (off)
• losing
• throwing away
• sloughing (off)
• flinging (off or away)
• disposing of
• shucking (off)
• laying by
• setting aside
• sluffing (off)
• abandoning
• scrapping
• shedding
• rejecting
• removing
• tossing
• eliminating
• jettisoning
• exorcising
• junking
• eighty-sixing
• chucking
• kicking out
• wiping out
• deep-sixing
• stamping (out)
• dismissing
• cashiering
• pitching
• rooting (out)
• forsaking
• abdicating
• abolishing
• eradicating
• deserting
• expunging
• exterminating
• extirpating
• extinguishing
• annihilating
• liquidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• taking on
• embracing
• utilizing
• employing
• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• holding back

3

as in radiating

to throw or give off

the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• radiating
• casting
• sending (out)
• releasing
• emitting
• giving out
• emanating
• issuing
• evolving
• eliminating
• shooting
• expelling
• exhaling
• discharging
• pouring
• irradiating
• venting
• expiring
• evacuating
• oozing
• exuding
• secreting
• excreting
• spraying
• erupting
• ejecting
• squirting
• gushing
• spurting
• spewing
• jetting
• spouting
• outpouring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taking up
• sucking (up)
• soaking (up)
• absorbing
• inhaling
• sponging

4

as in refusing

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• turning down
• passing up
• throwing over
• balking (at)
• ignoring
• passing
• denying
• avoiding
• turning one's back on
• dismissing
• vetoing
• withdrawing
• spurning
• disputing
• blowing off
• deselecting
• disapproving
• forbidding
• shooting down
• repudiating
• reprobating
• nixing
• abstaining (from)
• refraining (from)
• negativing
• taking back
• scouting
• disagreeing (with)
• prohibiting
• backing off
• backing down
• overruling
• disdaining
• rebuffing
• proscribing
• scorning
• retracting
• unsaying
• renouncing
• sticking
• revoking
• recalling
• forbearing
• contradicting
• disclaiming
• disavowing
• refuting
• recanting
• forswearing
• bypassing
• abjuring
• controverting
• disproving
• gainsaying
• rebutting
• detouring
• disowning
• negating
• backtracking
• disallowing
• reneging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreeing (to)
• accepting
• approving
• receiving
• taking
• swallowing
• adopting
• tolerating
• embracing
• welcoming
• selecting
• agreeing
• choosing
• condoning
• consenting
• countenancing
• assenting
• supporting
• acceding
• acquiescing
• espousing
• handpicking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of throwing out

But the panel of judges questioned whether that argument was enough to justify throwing out the conviction, since FECA was only one part of the state's overall case. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Each of those fixes costs money, though, and so does throwing out food worth millions. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

Earlier this week, the teams, the league, and Versant executives began throwing out solutions. — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026

Rather than throwing out the rule immediately, which could have left the program without wage rates, Sherriff left it in place and told the department to promptly develop a replacement. — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Florida’s law banning minors under 14 from getting their own social media accounts is likely constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, throwing out a lower court’s preliminary injunction against the law. — Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

Supermarket owners described throwing out nearly a dumpster’s worth of frozen food. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

The sense was that the people who were rejecting the Keynesian model were throwing out the baby with the bathwater. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026

For The Times) Norasingh continued tattooing while throwing out-of-pocket jazz shows on the side. — Mary Carreon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026