Synonyms of the word discard


DISCARDABANDONMENT - DISPOSE - FLING - OBJECT - REMOVE - TOSS

discard

  • v. (transitive) to throw away, to reject.
  • v. (intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
  • v. To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
  • n. Anything discarded.
  • n. A discarded playing card in a card game.

abandonment

  • n. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
  • n. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child;…
  • n. An abandoned building or structure.
  • n. (law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by…
  • n. (law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured…
  • n. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government…
  • n. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its…
  • n. The self-surrender to an outside influence.
  • n. Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.

dispose

  • v. (intransitive, used with "of") To eliminate or to get rid of something.
  • v. To distribute and put in place.
  • v. To deal out; to assign to a use.
  • v. To incline.
  • v. (obsolete) To bargain; to make terms.
  • v. (obsolete) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.

fling

  • n. An act of throwing, often violently.
  • n. An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
  • n. An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
  • n. A short, often sexual, relationship.
  • n. (figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
  • n. (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
  • n. A kind of dance.
  • n. (obsolete) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
  • v. (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence…
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.

object

  • n. A thing that has physical existence.
  • n. Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
  • n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase.…
  • n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
  • n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
  • n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists…
  • n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
  • v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach;…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

remove

  • v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
  • v. (transitive) To murder.
  • v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
  • v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
  • v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
  • v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
  • v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
  • n. The act of removing something.
  • n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
  • n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
  • n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
  • n. Distance in time or space; interval.
  • n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
  • n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

toss

  • n. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
  • n. (cricket, soccer) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before…
  • n. (Britain, slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
  • v. To throw with an initial upward direction.
  • v. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
  • v. To agitate; to make restless.
  • v. To subject to trials; to harass.
  • v. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
  • v. (informal) To discard: to toss out.
  • v. To stir or mix (a salad).
  • v. (Britain, slang) To masturbate.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables…
  • v. (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
  • v. (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
  • v. (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
  • v. (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle…

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