Discard

//dɪsˈkɑɹd//

Synonyms for "discard" (262 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Strong matches (78)

Related words (131)

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nonapprovalnonconsiderationobtrudeorphanostracismoustoutlawingoutlawrypart withpass bypass uppassing bypull outpurgepush asideput outputting awayputting outquitquit coldrebuffrecantrecantationrefusalrefuserefuse to considerrejectrejectamentarejectionrelinquishremovalremoverenegerenouncerenouncementrepelrepudiaterepudiationrepulseridriddancerubbishsay goodbye toscatterscoutscoutingscrapscrappingseveranceshakeshedshootshove awaysloughspurnspurningstand downsupersedesuspensiontaketake leave ofthrowthrow outthrow overthrow overboardthrowawaythrowing outthrust outtoss outtoss overboardtrashturn awayturn outturning outvacatewaifwaifs and strayswaivewastrelwithdrawwithdrawal
Noun(1 words)
throwing away

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

derived

5 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

8 entries

Translations

101 translations across 36 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • weggooi verb (to throw away, reject)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀποβάλλω verb (to throw away, reject)

Basque

1 entries
  • baztertu verb (to throw away, reject)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • захвърляне noun (anything discarded)
  • изоставяне noun (anything discarded)
  • изчистена карта noun (discarded playing card)
  • захвърлям verb (to throw away, reject)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 丟棄 /丢弃 verb (to throw away, reject)
  • 拋棄 /抛弃 verb (to throw away, reject)

Czech

1 entries
  • odhodit verb (to throw away, reject)

Danish

2 entries
  • kassation noun (anything discarded)
  • kassere verb (to throw away, reject)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afdanken verb (to throw away, reject)
  • afleggen verb (to throw away, reject)
  • opzijzetten verb (to throw away, reject)
  • verwerpen verb (to throw away, reject)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hylky noun (anything discarded)
  • hylkytavara noun (anything discarded)
  • jäte noun (anything discarded)
  • pois heitetty kortti noun (discarded playing card)

French

3 entries
  • défausser verb (to throw out a playing card)
  • rejeter verb (to throw away, reject)
  • écarter verb (to throw away, reject)

Galician

4 entries
  • refugallo noun (anything discarded)
  • refugo noun (anything discarded)
  • desbotar verb (to throw away, reject)
  • descartar verb (to throw out a playing card)

German

3 entries
  • ablegen verb (to throw out a playing card)
  • abwerfen verb (to throw out a playing card)
  • verwerfen verb (to throw away, reject)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανατινάζω verb (to throw away, reject)
  • απορρίπτω verb (to throw away, reject)
  • παραμερίζω verb (to throw away, reject)
  • πετώ verb (to throw out a playing card)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • elvet verb (to throw away, reject)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 廃棄物 noun (anything discarded)
  • 捨て札 noun (discarded playing card)
  • 捨てる verb (to throw away, reject)
  • 棄てる verb (to throw away, reject)

Korean

1 entries
  • 버리다 verb (to throw away, reject)

Lao

2 entries
  • ເຂັ່ຍ verb (to throw away, reject)
  • ເຂັ່ຽ verb (to throw away, reject)

Latin

2 entries
  • abicio verb (to throw away, reject)
  • rejiciō verb (to throw away, reject)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • испу́штање noun (anything discarded)
  • отфр́лање noun (anything discarded)
  • отфр́лена ка́рта noun (discarded playing card)
  • фр́лање noun (anything discarded)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക verb (to throw away, reject)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • модоо хаях verb (to throw out a playing card)

Māori

4 entries
  • hoehoe verb (to throw away, reject)
  • paetau verb (to throw away, reject)
  • ruke verb (to throw away, reject)
  • whakarei verb (to throw away, reject)

Polish

1 entries
  • zrzucić verb (to throw away, reject)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • descartar verb (to throw away, reject)

Romanian

1 entries
  • arunca verb (to throw away, reject)

Russian

4 entries
  • отхо́ды noun (anything discarded)
  • сбро́шенная ка́рта noun (discarded playing card)
  • вы́бросить verb (to throw away, reject)
  • выбра́сывать verb (to throw away, reject)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • odbijati verb (to throw away, reject)
  • odbiti verb (to throw away, reject)

Slovak

3 entries
  • odhodiť verb (to throw away, reject)
  • vyhodiť verb (to throw away, reject)
  • zahodiť verb (to throw away, reject)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zavreči verb (to throw away, reject)

Sotho

1 entries
  • lahla verb (to throw away, reject)

Spanish

2 entries
  • descartar verb (to throw away, reject)
  • desechar verb (to throw away, reject)

Swedish

3 entries
  • avfärda verb (to throw away, reject)
  • kasta verb (to throw away, reject)
  • slänga verb (to throw away, reject)

Telugu

3 entries
  • పారవేసిన పేక ముక్క noun (discarded playing card)
  • వదిలిన noun (anything discarded)
  • నిరాకరించు verb (to throw away, reject)

Tonga (Zambia)

1 entries
  • sowa verb (to throw away, reject)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • відкидати verb (to throw away, reject)
  • відмовлятися verb (to throw away, reject)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • loại bỏ verb (to throw away, reject)
  • vứt verb (to throw away, reject)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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I'll discard my old jacket.

Source: tatoeba (239851)

We do not want to discard the article but reshape it.

Source: tatoeba (3441312)

It's not easy to discard a bad habit.

Source: tatoeba (4149999)

The statue is already present in the stone. You just need to carve away the parts you want to discard.

Source: tatoeba (4777208)

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