chuck

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CHUCK

to get rid of as useless or unwanted <after the power outage we reluctantly chucked everything that had been sitting in the fridge>

Synonyms cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload

Related Words abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake; dismiss, kick out; abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out

Near Antonyms adopt, embrace, take on; employ, use, utilize; hold, hold back, keep, retain

to give up (a job or office) <I swear, I have half a mind to chuck this job and become a hermit!>

Synonyms bag, chuck, leave, resign (from), retire (from), step aside (from), step down (from)

Related Words abandon, vacate; drop out (of), throw up

Near Antonyms hire (out or on)

Antonyms stay (at)

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm <chucked a wad of paper at his friend's back>

Synonyms cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, toss

Related Words bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot; buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust

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