Synonyms for discard
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Dispose — to throw away, to reject
dispose, cast away, jettison, toss out, throw out, dismiss, reject, cast aside, toss informal, dispose of, eliminate, throw aside, abandon, junk, trash US, toss away, put away formal, turn away, dump, get rid of, lay aside, throw down
2. Remove — to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To throw away, to reject.
- v. 2
To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
- n. 1
Anything discarded.
Related words
- Word family
- discardable
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Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. To discard is to cast away as useless or worthless; thus, one discards a worn garment; a coquette discards a lover.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- dispose Fadil forced Layla to help dispose of Rami's body.
- jettison They had to jettison the cargo.
- remove Please remove that chair because it is in the way.
- sack All I found in the pantry was a sack of hard bread.
By length
- 3 letters
- ben1
- 4 letters
- fire2, dump1, junk1, toss1, sack1
- 5 letters
- trash1
- 6 letters
- remove2, reject2
- 7 letters
- abandon3, dismiss2, cashier2, dispose2
- 8 letters
- displace2, jettison3, retrench2
- 9 letters
- eliminate4, discharge2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).