Synonyms of casts (off)

casts (off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of cast (off)

as in dumps

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

• dumps
• ditches
• discards
• unloads
• sloughs (off)
• loses
• exorcizes
• shucks (off)
• throws away
• sluffs (off)
• flings (off or away)
• disposes of
• lays by
• throws out
• sheds
• rejects
• sets aside
• scraps
• abandons
• exorcises
• removes
• tosses
• deep-sixes
• jettisons
• eighty-sixes
• chucks
• junks
• eliminates
• 86es
• cashiers
• kicks out
• dismisses
• wipes out
• abdicates
• stamps (out)
• pitches
• abolishes
• forsakes
• roots (out)
• deserts
• eradicates
• extirpates
• expunges
• exterminates
• annihilates
• extinguishes
• liquidates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uses
• takes on
• adopts
• embraces
• employs
• utilizes
• holds
• retains
• keeps
• holds back