Discard Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-skärd
To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abandon
  2. dump
  3. throw out
  4. throw away
  5. chuck
  6. junk
  7. jettison
  8. ditch
  9. scrap
  10. dispose of
  11. reject
  12. divorce
  13. cast-aside
  14. repudiate
  15. toss out
  16. toss away
  17. fling
  18. cast out
  19. cast away
  20. shed
  21. dismiss
  22. toss
  23. shuck
  24. get-rid-of
  25. expel
  26. remove
  27. cast-off
  28. throw off
  29. throw-aside
  30. throw overboard
  31. lay aside
  32. thrust off
  33. thrust away
  34. thrust aside
  35. put by
  36. give up
  37. shuffle off
  38. slough
  39. renounce
  40. supersede
  41. have done with
  42. make-away-with
  43. drop all idea of
  44. dismantle
  45. discharge
  46. write-off
  47. banish
  48. eject
  49. dispossess
  50. cashier
  51. dispense with
  52. toss aside
  53. shake off
  54. pass-up
  55. rid oneself of
  56. free of
  57. root out
  58. get quit of
  59. deliver oneself from
  60. divest
  61. give away
  62. part-with
  63. file-off
  64. do-away-with
  65. dismiss from use
  66. abjure
  67. relinquish
  68. repeal
  69. dispatch
  70. shovel-out
  71. eliminate
  72. sweep-away
  73. cancel
  74. forsake
  75. desert
  76. lay on the shelf
  77. cut
  78. have nothing to do with
  79. brush away
  80. brush-aside
  81. scotch
  82. heave overboard
  83. jilt
  84. toss overboard
  85. drop
  86. wash-one-s-hands-of
  87. deep-six
  88. eighty-six
  89. oust
  90. chuck-out
  91. dispose
  92. unload
  93. put away
Antonyms:
  1. keep
  2. retain
  3. save
  4. preserve
  5. embrace
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. throwing-away

Words Related to Discard

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. thrown-away
  2. erase
  3. disposed of
  4. re-melted
  5. sterilise

Discard Sentence Examples

  • She started the coffee and picked up an empty pop bottle from the counter to discard in the trash.

  • Remove the leaves and discard the newspaper.

  • He was also the first to discard the use of wooden bomb-shells, and substitute others cast in bronze.

  • On account of the conflict of opinion in ethics we cannot hope to obtain certainty upon all questions; still reflection will lead us to discard some of the conflicting views and find a reconciliation for others, and will furnish, on the whole, a practically sufficient residuum of moral truth.

  • And so the newer school discard acquired characters and all the Lamarckian factors and leave the board clear for "mutations."

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