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Synonyms for junk

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Trash — miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items

trash US, garbage US AU CA, throw-away, debris, stuff, piece of trash, piece of garbage, rubbish AU, waste, clutter, dreck informal, drek UK, chicken-shit, litter, dross, heroin, refuse, piece of junk, shit vulgar, crapola slang, pelf dated

2. Detritus

detritus, dust, rubble

Other

muck, horse, spoof, jizz, cum, ben, scag, thing slang

Verb

1. Scrap — to throw away

scrap, throw out, discard, chuck, dump, jettison, chuck away informal, dispose of, toss out, ditch, toss, cast aside, chuck out slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.

    This shed is full of junk – will you help me sort it out?

  2. n. 2

    Material or resources of poor quality or low value, especially resources that lack commercial value.

  3. v. 1

    To throw away.

Forms

Plural
junks → trashes, throw-aways, stuffs, rubbishes…
Past participle
junked
e.g. junked → scrapped, discarded, chucked, dumped…

Example sentences

  • debris The explosion sent debris flying in all directions.
  • cum Tatoeba: Don't cum here on Friday nights, kids.
  • muck Tom can't afford to employ anyone; the family has to muck in.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
junkrising
debrissteady
cumrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ben1, cum1
4 letters
shit1, dust1, dump1, toss1, muck1, jizz, scag, drek, pelf
5 letters
thing1, stuff1, waste1, horse1, trash1, chuck1, scrap1, ditch1, spoof1, dross1, dreck
6 letters
refuse2, debris2, heroin3, litter2, rubble2
7 letters
garbage2, rubbish2, discard2, clutter2, crapola
8 letters
detritus3, jettison3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (refuse2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
jonque