THROWN Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

thrown

verb

past participle of throw

as in tossed

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm threw a life preserver to the drowning man

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as in dropped

to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally the attacker threw his victim to the ground

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Recent Examples of thrown But after a humiliating, season-opening defeat by the San Francisco 49ers in Australia — Donald did not make the trip — expectations were thrown for a loss. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Nola has made 30 starts this season, and thrown 20 or more changeups in eight of them. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 So the team figured the right way to do it would be to put an atom into a superposition of paths, where one path sees the atom thrown upward and has gravity return it to its original location. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 Yet, somehow, the labels jihad, holy war and suicide martyrs are still thrown around. — Reshma Memon Yaqub, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Kwok was then thrown from the bench, her legs ripped from her body, according to authorities, before Romero rammed into a parked NYPD auxiliary van. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026 Perdomo Torres was ejected from the van and thrown to the ground, breaking his leg, ankle and hand, according to the complaint. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026 Conflicting court orders issued on the same day have thrown congressional elections in Missouri into chaos, two months before an election in which a handful of races could decide control of the House. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026 For the second straight drive, Drake Maye has thrown an interception. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

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Henry falls out of the stones into what is now 1924, but is immediately tossed into an insane asylum in Inverness.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
Lopez tossed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Carlos Hernandez to cut Miami’s lead to 11 points.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of tossed

Verb

In Judge Monica Neuman’s court, a toddler with braids walked in between the rows of benches and dropped milk on the carpet.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
The singer's ongoing Loop Tour is mired in chaos after four supporting acts quit in solidarity with rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of dropped

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On September 13 the Materialists star was photographed leaving the 2026 US Open men’s singles championships with the cozy layering piece slung over her shoulder, revealing a romantic white silk camisole underneath.

— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2026
Nearby, a 9-year-old washed his face discreetly in the bushes with a bottle of water, a bright orange backpack slung over his shoulder.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of slung

Verb

But as standards are lowered, funds will be, too, resulting in families having fewer opportunities to connect.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
The resulting process also reduced production costs by 25% and substantially lowered carbon emissions, according to the team.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of lowered

Verb

Last month, Vance hurled himself into an obscure debate over burrito prices to make a gratuitous swipe at a conservative Washington Post columnist’s weight.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Another member of Colorado’s group finally had enough and hurled an orange Gatorade bottle up at the fans.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of hurled

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Bryce Underwood launched a Hail Mary well out of the end zone as time seemed to expire on the Wolverines to give WMU an improbable upset victory late Saturday night in Ann Arbor.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Since then, Miu Miu has launched the satin style in a slew of colorways, including white, red and even a bright sky blue.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of launched

Verb

While both cast themselves as fighters against corruption in Washington, Manzur has argued that Pappas has long been beholden to political donors, particularly the pro-Israel lobby.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Counterbalancing him is a young actor cast to play one of the show’s decoys (an excellent Skylar Gisondo), whose guilelessness only magnifies the film’s sense of Hansen as a man constructed entirely out of TV-friendly sheen.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast

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The roof was pitched and we were surrounded by cranes and other heavy equipment.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Proposition 41, which is pitched as a government transparency measure requiring auditor approval for new tax proposals but would nullify the billionaire tax, carried 51% of voters in the poll, against 44% no and 5% undecided.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026