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

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

Two coolers, three standing coolers and a walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer, all filled with food, had to be thrown away after the center lost power for 14 hours. — Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 29 July 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

Over the past decade and a half, Republicans have thrown away winnable Senate seat after winnable Senate seat by bad candidate choices. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Beloved legacies in the racing game universe, from Need for Speed, to Colin McRae Dirt, to Grid, to Burnout—the one that’s been most conspicuously absent the longest, somehow—willfully, eagerly thrown away. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 8 July 2026