Synonyms for fling
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Toss — to throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl
toss, throw, hurl, heave, chuck, sling, cast, throw out, toss away, shy, toss out, put away, lob, cast away, dart, cast out, flounce, pitch, launch, lance, peck, whip
Other
splurge informal
Noun
2. Dalliance — A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- n. 1
A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
I had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.
- n. 2
An act of throwing, often violently.
Related words
- Phrases
- fling off
Forms
- Plural
- flings → whirls, passes, cracks, offers…
Choose the right word
A fling is careless and commonly pettish; a taunt is intentionally insulting and provoking; the sneer is supercilious; the taunt is defiant.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- throw His house is within a stone's throw of his school.
- toss The coin toss decides who will kick off the match.
- hurl I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.
- heave This ship is outfitted with a windlass to heave up the anchor.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 3 letters
- shy1, lob1
- 4 letters
- pass1, cast1, whip1, toss1, dart1, peck1, hurl1
- 5 letters
- offer2, throw1, pitch1, crack1, chuck1, lance1, spree1, sling1, whirl1, heave1
- 6 letters
- launch1
- 7 letters
- liaison3, splurge1, caprice2, flounce1
- 9 letters
- dalliance3
- 10 letters
- affairette
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (offer2 = 2 syllables).