Synonyms of throw in English:

throw

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See Spanish definition of tirar

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

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catch, hold

2‘he threw the door open’

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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’

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project, cast, send, give off, emit, radiate

4‘Cheryl drew back her fist and threw another punch’

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deliver, give, land

ANTONYMS

pull

5‘she threw him a glance’

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direct, cast, send, dart, shoot, bestow on, give

6‘he was thrown twice in the final round’

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fell, throw to the ground, hurl to the ground, unbalance, bring down, floor, prostrate

7‘the horse threw his rider’

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unseat, dislodge, upset, bring down

8‘his question threw me’

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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’

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operate, switch on, click on, engage, move

10‘the pots were thrown on a wheel’

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shape, form, mould, fashion

11‘he threw a farewell party for them’

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give, host, hold, have, provide, put on, lay on, arrange, organize

noun

1‘we were allowed two throws each’

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lob, pitch, flip, shy, go

bowl, ball

hurl, toss, fling, cast

informal chuck, heave, sling

2‘drinks are only £1 a throw’

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each, apiece, per item, for one

Phrases

throw something on

‘she threw on her clothes’

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put on quickly, pull on, drag on, don quickly, slip into

throw something away

1‘he decided to throw away his textbooks and get some practical experience’

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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

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keep

2‘Cambridge threw away a 15–0 lead’

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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

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

throw up

‘she threw up in the gutter’

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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

throw someone out

‘Jim was thrown out when he climbed on to the stage’

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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

throw someone off

‘she thought she had thrown off her pursuer’

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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

throw something off

‘he shrugged, trying to throw off the pain’

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get rid of, cast off, discard, shake off, drop, jettison, free oneself of, rid oneself of

throw something up

‘throwing up his career would have meant the end of financial support’

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give up, abandon, relinquish, resign, resign from, leave, eschew, abdicate

informal quit, chuck, pack in, jack in

throw something out

1‘I was continually having to throw out mouldy furniture’

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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

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keep

2‘his case was thrown out because an industrial tribunal was not entitled to deal with it’

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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’

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