Synonyms of tossing

tossing

verb

present participle of toss

1

as in swaying

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swaying
• lurching
• rocking
• shaking
• rolling
• jerking
• vibrating
• wobbling
• careening
• halting
• tumbling
• pitching
• seesawing
• weaving
• vacillating
• faltering
• stumbling
• reeling
• staggering
• wavering
• floundering
• hobbling
• waddling
• tottering
• bucking
• blundering
• jolting
• hitching
• oscillating
• teetering
• toddling
• undulating
• wagging
• doddering
• waggling

2

as in fidgeting

to make jerky or restless movements

tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fidgeting
• jerking
• twitching
• squirming
• twisting
• fiddling
• shaking
• writhing
• wiggling
• shivering
• trembling
• jigging
• jiggling
• wriggling
• thrashing
• fluttering
• flitting
• quivering
• threshing
• shuddering
• squiggling
• quaking
• pacing
• twittering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resting
• relaxing
• unwinding
• calming (down)
• stilling

3

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

toss that football over here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throwing
• hurling
• flinging
• slinging
• firing
• launching
• chucking
• casting
• heaving
• bowling
• pitching
• lobbing
• hurtling
• pelting
• pegging
• flipping
• dashing
• catapulting
• darting
• lofting
• rolling
• gunning
• letting fly
• thrusting
• passing
• ejecting
• projecting
• hooking
• precipitating
• propelling
• shooting
• bucking
• impelling
• rifling

4

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• discarding
• unloading
• ditching
• losing
• abandoning
• chucking
• scrapping
• shedding
• rejecting
• removing
• jettisoning
• eliminating
• exorcising
• junking
• casting (off)
• flinging (off or away)
• throwing away
• dismissing
• disposing of
• sloughing (off)
• shucking (off)
• laying by
• deep-sixing
• throwing out
• pitching
• setting aside
• sluffing (off)
• eighty-sixing
• forsaking
• cashiering
• abdicating
• deserting
• eradicating
• abolishing
• kicking out
• expunging
• exterminating
• extinguishing
• wiping out
• annihilating
• extirpating
• liquidating
• stamping (out)
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• embracing
• utilizing
• employing
• holding
• keeping
• taking on
• retaining
• holding back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tossing

Instead of tossing your cords into your carry-on and hoping for the best, keep your tech essentials organized with this compact $10 electronics organizer from Fyy. —Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026

Montana State players jumped around at midfield, some tossing their helmets, to celebrate the team’s first national championship since 1984. —Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026

The priest was seen tossing holy water in the end zone where Ravens kicker Tyler Loop would eventually miss a field goal that would have sent Pittsburgh home and Baltimore to the playoffs. —Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026

Gen Zers are tossing their graduation caps and heading into the workforce with starry six-figure salaries in their eyes. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026

From donations to preservation, porch sales, and more, there are plenty of creative ways to get these pint-sized clothes out of your hair without tossing them altogether. —Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026

Roast, tossing occasionally, until golden brown at the edges and just tender, about 20 minutes. —The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025

Fresh off playing himself in chimp form for the biopic Better Man, Williams is tossing us another curveball with this ’90s throwback. —Dan Reilly, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025

Add Gochujang Glaze, tossing to coat. —Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2025