Synonyms of flings (off or away)

flings (off or away)

verb

present tense third-person singular of fling (off or away)

as in discards

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

he flung away the used matchstick

flinging off dirty clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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