Synonyms of throws up

throws up

verb

present tense third-person singular of throw up

1

as in vomits

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomits
• spits up
• hurls
• loses one's lunch
• retches
• pukes
• ejects
• spews
• barfs
• tosses one's cookies
• heaves
• gags
• upchucks
• regurgitates
• disgorges
• expels
• nauseates

2

as in throws together

to make or assemble roughly or hastily

when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty "Welcome" sign

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws together
• knocks together
• cobbles (together or up)
• jury-rigs
• patches (together)
• dashes (off)
• jerry-builds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pounds (out)
• crafts
• hammers out
• fashions
• handcrafts
• forges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of throws up

But sometimes Test cricket throws up something so utterly gripping, unrivalled in sports. —Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025