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Synonyms for toss

63 synonyms
4 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

throw fling hurl heave throw out chuck slash throw up

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Throw — to throw with an initial upward direction

throw, fling, pitch, hurl, heave, bowl, roll, lob, sling, shy, dash, tumble, bong, launch, project, lance, quoit, dart, thrust, propel, precipitate, cast dated

2. Chuck — to discard; to throw away

chuck, throw out, discard, put away, send, cast aside, cast away, dispose, cast out, eject, junk, dispose of, jettison, scrap, chuck out slang

3. Thrash

thrash, thrash about, slash, thresh formal, convulse, jactitate rare

4. Agitate — to agitate; to make restless

agitate, provoke, perturb, vex

Other

throw up, flip, shake, bucket about, drink, chug, rock, writhe, flounder, pester, guzzle, imbibe

Noun

pass, throw-away, jerk-off, rochambeau

Definitions

v. 1
To throw with an initial upward direction.
v. 2
To agitate; to make restless.
v. 3
To discard; to throw away.
I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.
n. 1
A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

Related words

Word family: toss-up tosser tosspot
Phrases: toss out toss off toss away toss salad toss someone's salad coin toss full toss pitch and toss

Forms

Plural: tosses → passes, throw-aways, jerk-offs…
Past participle: tossed
e.g. tossed → thrun, pitched, hurled, heaved…

Example sentences

throw His house is within a stone's throw of his school.
fling "It was just a fling." "I'm filing for a divorce."
hurl I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.
heave This ship is outfitted with a windlass to heave up the anchor.
chuck Chuck Norris didn't die - death has Chuck-Norrised.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
toss		rising
throw		rising
fling		rising
hurl		rising
heave		steady

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

By length

3 letters: shy¹, lob¹, vex¹
4 letters: send¹, rock¹, pass¹, roll¹, cast¹, bowl¹, flip¹, dash¹, junk¹, bong¹, dart¹, hurl¹, chug¹
5 letters: drink¹, throw¹, pitch¹, shake¹, chuck¹, lance¹, scrap¹, slash¹, fling¹, sling¹, eject², heave¹, quoit
6 letters: launch¹, thrust¹, tumble², propel², thrash¹, pester², imbibe², thresh¹, writhe¹, guzzle²
7 letters: project², dispose², provoke², discard², agitate³, perturb²
8 letters: flounder², jettison³, convulse
9 letters: jactitate
10 letters: rochambeau
11 letters: precipitate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eject² = 2 syllables).