Throw

//θɹəʊ//

Synonyms for "throw" (395 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (79)

Strong matches (119)

Related words (197)

jilt keep in suspense kitten knock down knock over knuckleball labor lamb lance lateral lateral pass launch lay level lay low lay out leave let fly let fly at level lick

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lie in lift litter lob lose master maze misdirect misguide mislead mold mow down muddle mystify natural nick nonplus outcurve overcome overthrow overturn pass peg pelt perplex perturb pitch pitchfork plank plop plump plunk ply pot precipitate propel prostrate psych puke pull down pup push put put forth put off put on put out put the shot puzzle quit radiate rase raze reflect regurgitate reject relinquish renounce repudiate resign reveal rock roll ruffle scrap screwball send send forth send headlong serve service shake off shape shatter shock shoot shot shot put shot-put shove shy shy at sinker slap slider sling sling at slip on snap sort spitball spitter splash spook sprain spread spread eagle spread-eagle squander stick stound stump supinate surmount take dive take down throw at throw away throw down throw into confusion throw off throw out throw over throw up thrust tilt topple toss at trash travail trip trouble tumble turn turn a pot unhorse unnerve unseat unsettle upcurve upset vomit waste whack down whelp wield yean

Verb(33 words)

launch lob loft make mix up muddy pass peck peg pick pitch precipitate quoit ravel relocate shake off shed shy skew slight

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sling switch take a dive thrill throw away thrust toss traject warp whang whip whop wing

Noun(7 words)

space stound stroke throw lathe throwover uncertain period while

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

63 entries

actuation affect bear on bear upon bed clothing bedclothes bedding bump catapult chance communicate direct discomfit discompose disconcert dislodge

Showing 16 of 63 words.

More specific

5 entries

bowl egg flight flip throw down

Antonyms

1 entries

catch

Synonyms

13 entries

bewilder bowl confuse displace eject give hold hurl project shed stound take dive toss

derived

160 entries

a stone's throw backside throw bethrow bike throw body throw corner throw dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians discus throw flip throw forced throw forthrow free throw hammer throw javelin throw like throwing a hot dog down a hallway like throwing a sausage down a hallway

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

throe

form of

1 entries

throe

has context

13 entries

baseball bridge ceramics computing cricket martial arts northern england said of animals said of one's voice scotland slang sports veterinary

is a

6 entries

bedclothes blanket gambling movement opportunity propulsion

manner of

7 entries

dislodge engage move propel put shape turn

related to

62 entries

action air ball baseball baseball action bowler bowling clay condition confuse cow deliver dice die discard displace

Showing 16 of 62 words.

similar

4 entries

confuse disconcert flurry put off

Translations

373 translations across 132 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

hedh verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

βόλος noun (act of throwing something)
βάλλω verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
ῥίπτω verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Arabic

4 entries

اِنْدَفَعَ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
رمى verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
رمى verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
رَمَى verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Armenian

4 entries

գցել verb (to eject or cause to fall off)
նետել verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
նետել verb (to eject or cause to fall off)
շպրտել verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Aromanian

1 entries

aruc verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Assamese

1 entries

দলিওৱা verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Asturian

2 entries

llanzar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
tirar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

atmaq verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Bangi

1 entries

bwaka verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Basque

1 entries

bota verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Belarusian

2 entries

кі́нуць verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
кіда́ць verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

बीगल verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Breton

2 entries

teulel verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
teurel verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Bulgarian

4 entries

мятане noun (act of throwing something)
риск noun (single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance)
хвърлей noun (a distance travelled)
хвърляне noun (flight of a thrown object)

Burmese

1 entries

ပစ် verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Catalan

2 entries

llançar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
tirar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Cebuano

1 entries

labay verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

فڕێدان verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
ھاوێشتن verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
ھاوێشتن verb (to eject or cause to fall off)

Chechen

1 entries

кхосса verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Cheyenne

1 entries

a'ha verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

扔 verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
投 verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
抛 verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
放水 verb (sports: to intentionally lose a game)

Cornish

4 entries

towl noun (flight of a thrown object)
teulel verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
towla verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
towlel verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Czech

2 entries

vrhat verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
vrhnout verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Dalmatian

1 entries

truar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Danish

2 entries

dreje verb (to make by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel)
kaste verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Dutch

4 entries

foulard noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)
gooi noun (flight of a thrown object)
sprei noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)
verplaatsing noun (a distance travelled)

Esperanto

2 entries

ĵeto noun (flight of a thrown object)
ĵeti verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Estonian

2 entries

heitma verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
viskama verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Even

1 entries

нода verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Evenki

1 entries

нода verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Faroese

2 entries

blaka verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
kasta verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Finnish

4 entries

heitto noun (flight of a thrown object)
kappale noun (single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance)
peite noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)
peitto noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)

French

4 entries

jet noun (flight of a thrown object)
jet noun (act of throwing something)
lancement noun (flight of a thrown object)
lancer noun (flight of a thrown object)

Friulian

1 entries

slançâ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Galician

3 entries

botar verb (to eject or cause to fall off)
lanzar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
tirar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Georgian

1 entries

გადაგდება verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

German

2 entries

schmeißen verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
werfen verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Greek

2 entries

ρίψη noun (flight of a thrown object)
ρίχνω verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Hebrew

4 entries

זריקה noun (flight of a thrown object)
העיף verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
העיף verb (to eject or cause to fall off)
זרק verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Higaonon

1 entries

lambug verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

pilak verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Hindi

1 entries

फेंकना verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Hittite

1 entries

𒁉𒌍𒅆𒄑𒍣 verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Hungarian

3 entries

dob verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
hajít verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
vet verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Icelandic

1 entries

kasta verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Indonesian

1 entries

lempar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Ingrian

2 entries

heittää verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
visata verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Ingush

1 entries

кхосса verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Irish

1 entries

caith verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Italian

4 entries

buttare verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
generare verb (computing: to send an error to an exception-handling mechanism)
gettare verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
lanciare verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Japanese

4 entries

投げ noun (flight of a thrown object)
手を抜く verb (sports: to intentionally lose a game)
投げる verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
投げる verb (to eject or cause to fall off)

Javanese

1 entries

sawat verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Kazakh

2 entries

лақтыру verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
тастау verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Khmer

2 entries

ចោល verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
បោះ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Khmu

1 entries

ຫວັດ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Korean

1 entries

던지다 verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Kumyk

2 entries

атмакъ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
ташламакъ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

таштоо verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Lao

2 entries

ຂວ້າງ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
ຖິ້ມ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Latgalian

2 entries

svaideit verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
svīst verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Latin

3 entries

iactus noun (act of throwing something)
iaciō verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
iactō verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Latvian

2 entries

mest verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
sviest verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Lingala

1 entries

bwaka verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Lithuanian

2 entries

mesti verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
sviesti verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Lombard

1 entries

buttà verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

geheien verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Macedonian

1 entries

фрла verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Maguindanao

1 entries

itug verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Malay

1 entries

lempar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Maltese

1 entries

tefa’ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡶᠠᡥᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Maranao

2 entries

itog verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
lambeg verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Marathi

1 entries

फेकणे verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Middle English

3 entries

carpette noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)
werpen verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
werpen verb (to eject or cause to fall off)

Mongolian

2 entries

хаях verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
шидэх verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Māori

2 entries

hōreke verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
maka verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Neapolitan

1 entries

iettà verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Norman

4 entries

fliantchi verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
j'ter verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
lanchi verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
pitchi verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Norwegian

4 entries

kast noun (flight of a thrown object)
kast noun (a distance travelled)
teppe noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)
hive verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Occitan

2 entries

lançar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
tirar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Old English

3 entries

wyrp noun (flight of a thrown object)
wyrp noun (a distance travelled)
weorpan verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Old Irish

1 entries

fo·ceird verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Old Javanese

1 entries

sawat verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Old Prussian

1 entries

mestun verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Oromo

1 entries

darbachuu verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

صالمق verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Pali

1 entries

pāteti verb (to eject or cause to fall off)

Persian

2 entries

افگندن verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
انداختن verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Polish

4 entries

narzuta noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)
miotać verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
rzucać verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
rzucić verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Portuguese

4 entries

arremesso noun (flight of a thrown object)
lançamento noun (flight of a thrown object)
arremessar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
atirar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Quechua

4 entries

chamqay verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
chanqay verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
chuqay verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
wikch'uy verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Romanian

2 entries

arunca verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
deplasa verb (to move to another position)

Romansch

2 entries

bittar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
lantschar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Russian

4 entries

бросо́к noun (flight of a thrown object)
бросо́к noun (a distance travelled)
покрыва́ло noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)
бро́сить verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Samoan

1 entries

lafo verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Sanskrit

1 entries

क्षिपति verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

tilg verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
tilg verb (to eject or cause to fall off)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bacati verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
baciti verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
vrgnuti verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
vrći verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Sicilian

1 entries

lanzari verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Silesian

2 entries

ciepać verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
ciepnónć verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ගසනවා verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Slovak

2 entries

hodiť verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
vrhnúť verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Slovene

2 entries

met noun (flight of a thrown object)
vreči verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Somali

1 entries

tuurid verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Southern Altai

2 entries

адар verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
таштаар verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Southern Thai

1 entries

ลิว verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Spanish

4 entries

lanzamiento noun (flight of a thrown object)
arrojar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
aventar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
desbarrancar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Sundanese

1 entries

alung verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Swahili

1 entries

kutupa verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Swedish

4 entries

kast noun (flight of a thrown object)
överkast noun (piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing)
dreja verb (to make by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel)
kasta verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Tagalog

2 entries

ihagis verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
itapon verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Tajik

1 entries

андохтан verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Tetum

1 entries

soe verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Thai

4 entries

ขว้าง verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
ปา verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
เขวี่ยง verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
โยน verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Tocharian B

1 entries

kärsk verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Tooro

2 entries

hungura verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
naga verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Turkish

4 entries

atma noun (flight of a thrown object)
fırlatma noun (flight of a thrown object)
atmak verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
fırlatmak verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Turkmen

1 entries

atmak verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Tày

4 entries

bén verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
bẳn verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
chô̱m verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
cẳng verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ки́нути verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
кида́ти verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
переки́нути verb (to install a bridge)
перекида́ти verb (to install a bridge)

Urdu

1 entries

پھینکنا verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئاتماق verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Uzbek

1 entries

otmoq verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Venetan

1 entries

lansar verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Vietnamese

4 entries

buông verb (sports: to intentionally lose a game)
chọi verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
ném verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
quăng verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Volapük

1 entries

jedön verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Waray-Waray

2 entries

labog verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
pilak verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Welsh

1 entries

taflu verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Yiddish

1 entries

וואַרפֿן verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Zazaki

4 entries

eştış noun (flight of a thrown object)
erzen verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
esten verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
roten verb (sports: to intentionally lose a game)

Zealandic

2 entries

goôie verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
smiete verb (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

Sample sentences

66 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Source: tatoeba (1577)

Can you throw a fastball?

Source: tatoeba (15926)

Throw away the chairs whose legs are broken.

Source: tatoeba (19896)

Don't throw away your chance.

Source: tatoeba (20487)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.