Synonyms of casting (off)

casting (off)

verb

present participle of cast (off)

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• unloading
• discarding
• ditching
• sloughing (off)
• losing
• shucking (off)
• flinging (off or away)
• disposing of
• throwing away
• laying by
• sluffing (off)
• setting aside
• throwing out
• abandoning
• scrapping
• shedding
• rejecting
• exorcizing
• removing
• tossing
• jettisoning
• exorcising
• chucking
• junking
• eighty-sixing
• eliminating
• kicking out
• stamping (out)
• wiping out
• dismissing
• 86ing
• deep-sixing
• cashiering
• pitching
• rooting (out)
• abolishing
• abdicating
• forsaking
• deserting
• eradicating
• exterminating
• expunging
• extirpating
• extinguishing
• liquidating
• annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• taking on
• embracing
• utilizing
• employing
• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• holding back