Synonyms of thrown away

thrown away

verb

past participle of throw away

1

as in dumped

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

I should throw away that torn shirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumped
• lost
• discarded
• ditched
• tossed
• shed
• scrapped
• chucked
• thrown out
• unloaded
• disposed of
• flung (off or away)
• cast (off)
• laid by
• sloughed (off)
• shucked (off)
• set aside
• jettisoned
• sluffed (off)
• junked
• removed
• rejected
• exorcised
• abandoned
• eliminated
• cashiered
• kicked out
• dismissed
• eighty-sixed
• deep-sixed
• wiped out
• pitched
• forsaken
• abdicated
• stamped (out)
• deserted
• rooted (out)
• eradicated
• abolished
• expunged
• exterminated
• extirpated
• extinguished
• annihilated
• liquidated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• taken on
• employed
• utilized
• embraced
• held
• retained
• kept
• held back

2

as in spent

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 & Similar Words

• spent
• lost
• wasted
• run through
• frittered (away)
• fiddled away
• dissipated
• squandered
• played ducks and drakes with
• trifled (away)
• lavished
• blown
• misspent
• laid out
• consumed
• exhausted
• depleted
• impoverished
• splurged
• disbursed
• indulged
• expended
• shot
• overindulged
• overspent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserved
• protected
• preserved
• saved
• laid up
• economized
• skimped
• hoarded
• scrimped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thrown away

Still, Martin and other experts emphasized that old books are thrown away—and subsequently destroyed—all the time, even for non-academic reasons, by libraries that are simply culling their collections. — Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

The material is cleaned, then heat, pressure, and specialized molds transform what was thrown away into something somebody might actually want. — Brian Unger, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Employees beverages without lids were on prep tables; beverages were thrown away. — Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026

The agency says the products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

The finished system ends up split between company hardware and a cloud provider, and three months of design work gets thrown away. — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Experts believe that because lettuce is perishable, the stuff that was making people sick was eaten or thrown away long ago. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

On July 24, the DGA said the engine ran for a total of seven minutes and proved it could be reused after several firings, rather than being thrown away after just one use. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

If tomatoes have holes, they should not be eaten and thrown away entirely. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 July 2026