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thrown away

verb , past participle of throw away

Synonyms and Antonyms of thrown away

1 to get rid of as useless or unwanted

I should throw away that torn shirt

Synonyms of thrown away

cashiered, cast (off), chucked, deep-sixed, discarded, ditched, dumped, eighty-sixed (or 86'd), exorcised (also exorcized), flung (off or away), jettisoned, junked, laid by, lost, pitched, rejected, scrapped, shed, shucked (off), sloughed (off) also sluffed (off) , thrown out, tossed, unloaded

Words Related to thrown away

abandoned, abdicated, deserted, forsaken

dismissed, kicked out

abolished, annihilated, eliminated, eradicated, expunged, exterminated, extinguished, extirpated, liquidated, removed, rooted (out), stamped (out), wiped out

Phrases Synonymous with thrown away

disposed of, set aside

Near Antonyms of thrown away

adopted, embraced, taken on

employed, used, utilized

held, held back, kept, retained

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

Synonyms of thrown away

blown, dissipated, fiddled away, frittered (away), lavished, lost, misspent, run through, spent, squandered, trifled (away), wasted

Words Related to thrown away

consumed, depleted, exhausted, impoverished, overspent, shot

indulged, overindulged

disbursed, expended, laid out

Phrases Synonymous with thrown away

played ducks and drakes with (or made ducks and drakes of)

Near Antonyms of thrown away

economized, scrimped, skimped

preserved, protected, saved

hoarded, laid up

Antonyms of thrown away

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