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Synonyms of throw in English:
throw
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verb
1‘she threw their ball back’
SYNONYMS
hurl, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, flip, catapult, shy, dash, aim, direct, project, propel, send, bowl
informal chuck, heave, sling, buzz, whang, bung, yeet
North American informal peg
Australian informal hoy
New Zealand informal bish
ANTONYMS
catch, hold
2‘he threw the door open’
SYNONYMS
move quickly, move suddenly, push suddenly, push violently, thrust, fling, propel, shoot, slam, smack, bang, crash, thump, push, force
informal plonk
3‘a chandelier threw its bright light over the walls’
SYNONYMS
project, cast, send, give off, emit, radiate
4‘Cheryl drew back her fist and threw another punch’
SYNONYMS
deliver, give, land
ANTONYMS
pull
5‘she threw him a glance’
SYNONYMS
direct, cast, send, dart, shoot, bestow on, give
6‘he was thrown twice in the final round’
SYNONYMS
fell, throw to the ground, hurl to the ground, unbalance, bring down, floor, prostrate
7‘the horse threw his rider’
SYNONYMS
unseat, dislodge, upset, bring down
8‘his question threw me’
SYNONYMS
disconcert, unnerve, fluster, ruffle, flurry, agitate, harass, upset, disturb, discomfit, put off, put someone off their stroke, throw off balance, make nervous, discompose, discountenance, cause someone to lose their composure
perturb, unsettle, bother, affect, worry, disquiet, trouble, confuse
informal rattle, faze, put into a flap, throw into a tizz, discombobulate, shake up
9‘if only he could find the switch to throw’
SYNONYMS
operate, switch on, click on, engage, move
10‘the pots were thrown on a wheel’
SYNONYMS
shape, form, mould, fashion
11‘he threw a farewell party for them’
SYNONYMS
give, host, hold, have, provide, put on, lay on, arrange, organize
noun
1‘we were allowed two throws each’
SYNONYMS
lob, pitch, flip, shy, go
bowl, ball
hurl, toss, fling, cast
informal chuck, heave, sling
2‘drinks are only £1 a throw’
SYNONYMS
each, apiece, per item, for one
Phrases
- throw something together
‘I'm sorry about the tuna salad, I just sort of threw it together’
SYNONYMS
improvise, contrive, devise, throw together, cobble together, concoct, rig, jury-rig, put together
British informal knock up
informal whip up, fix up, rustle up
‘she threw up in the gutter’
SYNONYMS
vomit, retch
cough up, bring up, regurgitate
heave, gag
British be sick
North American get sick
informal puke, chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn, keck
British informal honk, sick up, vom
Scottish informal boke
North American informal spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies, blow chunks
‘he shrugged, trying to throw off the pain’
SYNONYMS
get rid of, cast off, discard, shake off, drop, jettison, free oneself of, rid oneself of
1‘he decided to throw away his textbooks and get some practical experience’
SYNONYMS
discard, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrapheap, clear out, remove, dispense with, lose, eliminate, dump, unload, jettison, shed, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out
recycle, break up, demolish, write off
informal chuck, chuck away, chuck out, ditch, bin, junk, get shut of
British informal get shot of, see the back of
North American informal trash, shuck off, wreck
ANTONYMS
keep
2‘Cambridge threw away a 15–0 lead’
SYNONYMS
squander, waste, fritter away, dissipate, run through, fail to exploit, make poor use of, lose, let slip
informal blow, chuck something down the drain, pour something down the drain
ANTONYMS
exploit
1‘I was continually having to throw out mouldy furniture’
SYNONYMS
discard, throw away, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrapheap, clear out, remove, dispense with, lose, eliminate, dump, unload, jettison, shed, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out
recycle, break up, demolish, write off
informal chuck, chuck away, chuck out, ditch, bin, junk, get shut of
British informal get shot of, see the back of
North American informal trash, shuck off, wreck
ANTONYMS
keep
2‘his case was thrown out because an industrial tribunal was not entitled to deal with it’
SYNONYMS
reject, dismiss, turn down, say ‘no’ to, refuse, disallow, veto, squash
informal give the thumbs down to, give the red light to
3‘a thermal light bulb throws out a lot of heat’
SYNONYMS
radiate, emit, give off, send out, diffuse, disseminate, disperse
‘he's going to throw you over for your sister’
SYNONYMS
abandon, leave, desert, discard, turn one's back on, cast aside, cast off
jilt, break up with, finish with, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry, leave stranded
informal dump, ditch, chuck, drop, walk out on, run out on, rat on, leave flat
British informal give someone the push, give someone the elbow, give someone the big E, bin off
archaic forsake
‘Jim was thrown out when he climbed on to the stage’
SYNONYMS
expel, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove
remove from office, remove from power, get rid of, depose, topple, unseat, overthrow, bring down, overturn, put out, drum out, thrust out, push out, turn out
dismiss, dislodge, displace, supplant, show someone the door
banish, deport, exile
informal boot out, kick out, give someone the boot, defenestrate
British informal turf out
‘she threw on her clothes’
SYNONYMS
put on quickly, pull on, drag on, don quickly, slip into
‘she thought she had thrown off her pursuer’
SYNONYMS
shake off, get away from, escape, elude, give someone the slip, leave behind, throw off the scent, dodge, lose, get rid of, rid oneself of
outdistance, outstrip
British informal get shot of
‘throwing up his career would have meant the end of financial support’
SYNONYMS
give up, abandon, relinquish, resign, resign from, leave, eschew, abdicate
informal quit, chuck, pack in, jack in
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