Thesaurus / castoff
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synonyms for castoff
See also synonyms for: castoffs
- betrayal
- abrogation
- apostasy
- avoidance
- backsliding
- departure
- derelict
- dereliction
- disaffection
- disavowal
- divorce
- elusion
- escape
- evasion
- falseness
- flight
- forsaking
- leaving
- perfidy
- rejection
- relinquishment
- renunciation
- repudiation
- resignation
- retirement
- retreat
- secession
- tergiversation
- treachery
- truancy
- withdrawal
- defecting
- departing
- disavowing
- falling away
- going back on
- marooning
- recreancy
- running out on
- chunk
- fragment
- grain
- hunk
- lump
- morsel
- shred
- sliver
- snippet
- speck
- atom
- bite
- butt
- chip
- crumb
- cutting
- discard
- end
- glob
- gob
- iota
- jot
- junk
- leaving
- leftover
- mite
- modicum
- mouthful
- part
- particle
- piece
- portion
- remains
- slice
- snatch
- stump
- trace
- waste
- bits and pieces
- odds and ends
- orts
- smithereen
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How to use castoff in a sentence
He found a castoff military uniform, he said, to use as a disguise when he walked the streets.
‘ZORBA’ COMPOSER MIKIS THEODORAKIS DIES AT 96BRIAN MURPHYSEPTEMBER 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTControversially, some hikers even live out of these boxes, eating and using others’ castoffs in an effort to save cash.
THE HIDDEN MUTUAL AID NETWORK OF HIKER BOXESAWISEJULY 19, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEI spent several days with his team at Nevada two years ago and came away amazed at the culture of a group of players outsiders would have considered castoffs.
NCAA’S TRANSFER CHANGES ARE GOOD FOR ATHLETES AND CHALLENGING FOR COACHES. SEEMS FAIR.JERRY BREWERAPRIL 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat creates a tough task for Kansas City’s battered offensive line, which is littered with backups and castoffs.
TAKE THE BUCCANEERS AND THE POINTS AGAINST PATRICK MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFSNEIL GREENBERGFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPeople nurtured their starters as if they were particularly needy children, traded recipes for their castoff dough, and photographed the pillowy interiors and artfully slashed crusts like proud parents.
THESE 10 FOOD TRENDS WERE THE DISTRACTIONS WE NEEDED IN 2020EMILY HEILDECEMBER 24, 2020WASHINGTON POSTA player comes on under the shadow, made up in the castoff mail of a court buck, a wellset man with a bass voice.
ULYSSESJAMES JOYCEThe child pointed to what appeared to be some ragged, castoff clothes left in the hole by the late occupant.
SELECTED STORIESBRET HARTEBehold him, beneath the mass of stale and putrid slime, a castoff, friendless and penniless vagabond.
TREADING THE NARROW WAYR. E. BARRETTDoubtless she would hail his wish—half a reform in itself—to castoff the outward signs of an accepted degradation.
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTONSo he picked up some castoff feathers of the Peacocks and stuck them among his own black plumes.
THE SOP FOR CHILDRENSOPWORDS RELATED TO CASTOFF
- abrogation
- apostasy
- avoidance
- backsliding
- betrayal
- castoff
- defecting
- departing
- departure
- derelict
- dereliction
- disaffection
- disavowal
- disavowing
- divorce
- elusion
- escape
- evasion
- falling away
- falseness
- flight
- forsaking
- going back on
- leaving
- marooning
- perfidy
- recreancy
- rejection
- relinquishment
- renunciation
- repudiation
- resignation
- retirement
- retreat
- running out on
- secession
- tergiversation
- treachery
- truancy
- withdrawal
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.