Relevance ranks synonyms and suggests the best matches based on how closely a synonym’s sense matches the sense you selected.
A-Z
Length
-+
Synonyms for discard
verb get rid of- abandon
- cancel
- dispense with
- dispose of
- ditch
- dump
- eliminate
- give up
- jettison
- reject
- remove
- renounce
- repeal
- scrap
- shed
- abdicate
- abjure
- adios
- banish
- can
- cashier
- chuck
- deep-six
- desert
- dispatch
- dispossess
- divorce
- drop
- eject
- expel
- forsake
- junk
- oust
- protest
- relinquish
- repudiate
- cast aside
- do away with
- free of
- have done with
- part with
- put by
- shake off
- sweep away
- throw away
- throw out
- throw overboard
- toss aside
- write off
Antonyms for discard
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
abandoning
verb. leave behind, relinquish
- abdicate
- back out
- bail out
- bow out
- chicken out
- cop out
- cut loose
- desert
- discard
- discontinue
- ditch
- drop
- drop out
- duck
- dump
- dust
- flake out
- fly the coop
- give up the ship
- kiss goodbye
- leave
- leg it
- let go
- opt out
- pull out
- quit
- run out on
- screw
- ship out
- stop
- storm out
- surrender
- take a powder
- take a walk
- throw over
- vacate
- walk out on
- wash hands of
- withdraw
- yield
banished
verb. expel from place or situation
banishes
verb. expel from place or situation
cancel
verb. equal out
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- balance out
- call off
- compensate for
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoise
- declare invalid
- discard
- discharge
- frustrate
- ignore
- invalidate
- make up for
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- offset
- overthrow
- put an end to
- recall
- recant
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- render inert
- render null and void
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- rule out
- set aside
- suppress
- vacate
- void
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.