Synonyms of scrap in English

: scrap¹ scrap²

scrap¹

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noun

1‘he scribbled Pamela's address on a scrap of paper’

SYNONYMS

fragment, piece, bit, offcut, oddment, snippet, snip, tatter, wisp, shred, remnant

2‘there wasn't a scrap of evidence to link him with the body’

SYNONYMS

bit, speck, iota, particle, ounce, whit, jot, atom, shred, crumb, morsel, fragment, grain, drop, hint, touch, trace, suggestion, whisper, suspicion, scintilla, spot, mite, tittle, jot or tittle, modicum

Irish stim

informal smidgen, smidge, tad

archaic scantling, scruple

3scraps‘between jobs he slept rough and lived on scraps’

SYNONYMS

leftovers, uneaten food, leavings, crumbs, scrapings, slops, dregs, scourings, offscourings, remains, remnants, residue, odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs

pieces, bits

4‘the whole thing was made from bits of scrap’

SYNONYMS

waste, refuse, garbage, litter, discarded matter, debris, detritus, dross

flotsam and jetsam, lumber

British rubbish

North American trash

Australian, New Zealand mullock

informal dreck, junk

British informal grot, gash

rare draff, raffle, raff, cultch, orts

verb

1‘the government intended to scrap sixty-two naval ships’

SYNONYMS

throw away, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, throw on the scrapheap, clear out, discard, remove, dispense with, lose, eliminate, dump, bin, jettison, shed, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out

decommission, recycle, break up, demolish, write off

destroy, annihilate, obliterate

informal chuck, chuck away, chuck out, ditch, junk, get shut of

British informal get shot of, see the back of

North American informal trash, shuck off, wreck

ANTONYMS

keep, preserve

2‘campaigners are calling for the plans to be scrapped’

SYNONYMS

abandon, drop, abolish, withdraw, throw out, do away with, give up, stop, put an end to, cancel, eliminate, cut, jettison

informal axe, ditch, dump, junk, chuck in

ANTONYMS

keep, restore

Synonyms of scrap in English

: scrap¹ scrap²

scrap²

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noun

1‘he would always win a scrap with Stephen’

SYNONYMS

quarrel, argument, row, fight, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, squabble, contretemps, clash, altercation, exchange, brawl, tussle, conflict, affray, war of words, shouting match, fracas, wrangle, tangle, misunderstanding, passage at arms, passage of arms, battle royal

Irish, North American, Australian donnybrook

informal tiff, set-to, run-in, shindig, shindy, stand-up, spat, dust-up, ruction

British informal barney, bunfight, ding-dong, bust-up, ruck, slanging match

British informal Soccer afters

Scottish informal rammy

North American informal hassle

archaic broil, miff

Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie

archaic tracasserie, tracasseries

verb

1‘the older boys started scrapping with me’

SYNONYMS

quarrel, argue, have a fight, have a row, row, fight, disagree, fail to agree, differ, be at odds, have a misunderstanding, be at variance, fall out, dispute, squabble, brawl, bicker, chop logic, spar, wrangle, bandy words, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads

informal argufy

archaic altercate