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

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Recent Examples of thrown According to a Workplace Culture Report of 1,000 employees by Resume Now, 61% report being thrown under the bus by coworkers. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Heading into his ninth year in the league, Rush has appeared in 42 career games and thrown for 3,766 yards, 20 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 But the Red Bull car has thrown him off the road three times (Australia, Austria and Silverstone). — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Martinez spoke from the visitors’ dugout Sunday morning, long before his bullpen would be thrown into one of the more chaotic games of the season. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 27 July 2026 David Festa hasn’t thrown a pitch for the Twins either, and Mick Abel was injured in April. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 July 2026 The motorcycle crashed with the side of the 18-wheeler and both the Mendez and a female passenger were thrown from the bike, according to police. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026 Abarca had allegedly thrown his wife to the ground during an argument outside his father’s Shawnee home, charging documents said, that led to her asking a judge to impose a restraining order against him. — Ilana Arougheti july 21, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 This year, Wrobleski has thrown the second-most innings of any Dodger, behind only Yoshinobu Yamamoto (119 ⅔). — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

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Verb

Roman Reigns tossed the chair aside, moving past his obsession.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Joe Mack homered, Xavier Edwards added an RBI single and Sandy Alcantara tossed six-plus solid innings for the Marlins, who won the final three games of the four-game series.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of tossed

Verb

The Padres saw their five-game winning streak snapped and dropped two games behind the final NL wild-card spot.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Two other charges, destruction of evidence and resisting arrest, were dropped as part of a plea deal with the Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office.

— Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026

Definition of dropped

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As Mars’s gravity slung the spacecraft onto the next leg of its journey, mission scientists used the opportunity to put its multispectral imager through a full dress rehearsal.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 21 July 2026
Luke Shaw broke into open space down the left just past the half-hour mark and slung in a cross intended for his striker, but Zirkzee was several steps behind the penalty spot when the ball was delivered, unable to attack it when he was needed most.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of slung

Verb

Some lowered themselves by ropes from the top of buildings that are 42 and 54 stories tall after climbing stairs to the roofs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Wall Street analysts lowered their outlooks for Meta Platforms as investors send the stock lower on fears its capital expenditures on artificial intelligence won’t yield as strong of a return on investment.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Definition of lowered

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While the violent mobs who hurled stones at marchers in 1966 are long gone, civil rights advocates say their demands remained strikingly familiar and that the threat to democracy has not disappeared.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Resinous pine cones can also ignite and be hurled hundreds of meters by wind, helping fire spread.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of hurled

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At Northwestern University, noncomputer science majors had interest in taking classes in the department even before ChatGPT launched in 2022, but sometimes there wasn’t enough room, said Samir Khuller, the chair for computer science.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Kuwait said on Saturday that Iranian forces launched a wave of drones within its airspace, with its military destroying multiple aircraft after Iran targeted critical infrastructure in the country's north.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026