Synonyms for discard
dɪˈskɑrd; ˈdɪs kɑrddis·card

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1. discardverb

   Synonyms:
   eliminate, throw away, get rid of, cast away, dispose, dismiss

2. discardverb

   to throw away, to reject

   Synonyms:
   throw away, eliminate, cast away, dismiss, dispose, get rid of

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. discard

   Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. Renounce (Latin re, back, and nuntio, bear a message) is to declare against and give up formally and definitively; as, to renounce the pomps and vanities of the world. Recant (Latin re, back, and canto, sing) is to take back or deny formally and publicly, as a belief that one has held or professed. Retract (Latin re, back, and traho, draw) is to take back something that one has said as not true or as what one is not ready to maintain; as, to retract a charge or accusation; one recants what was especially his own, he retracts what was directed against another. Repudiate (Latin re, back, or away, and pudeo, feel shame) is primarily to renounce as shameful, hence to divorce, as a wife; thus in general to put away with emphatic and determined repulsion; as, to repudiate a debt. To deny is to affirm to be not true or not binding; as, to deny a statement or a relationship; or to refuse to grant as something requested; as, his mother could not deny him what he desired. To discard is to cast away as useless or worthless; thus, one discards a worn garment; a coquette discards a lover. Revoke (Latin re, back, and voco, call), etymologically the exact equivalent of the English recall, is to take back something given or granted; as, to revoke a command, a will, or a grant; recall may be used in the exact sense of revoke, but is often applied to persons, as revoke is not; we recall a messenger and revoke the order with which he was charged. Abjure (Latin ab, away, and juro, swear) is etymologically the exact equivalent of the Saxon forswear, signifying to put away formally and under oath, as an error, heresy, or evil practise, or a condemned and detested person. A man abjures his religion, recants his belief, abjures or renounces his allegiance, repudiates another's claim, renounces his own, retracts a false statement. A person may deny, disavow, disclaim, disown what has been truly or falsely imputed to him or supposed to be his. He may deny his signature, disavow the act of his agent, disown his child; he may repudiate a just claim or a base suggestion. A native of the United States can not abjure or renounce allegiance to the Queen of England, but will promptly deny or repudiate it. Compare ABANDON.

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abjure, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, forswear, recall, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke

   Antonyms:
   acknowledge, advocate, assert, avow, cherish, claim, defend, hold, maintain, own, proclaim, retain, uphold, vindicate

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1. discardnoun

   anything that is cast aside or discarded

   Synonyms:
   throwing away

2. discardnoun

   (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit

   Synonyms:
   throwing away

3. discard, throwing awayverb

   getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

   Synonyms:
   throwing away

4. discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put awayverb

   throw or cast away

   "Put away your worries"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, lag, put to sleep, convulse, qualify, banish, tuck away, incarcerate, expel, thresh, flip, toss away, boot out, ban, kick out, slash, lock up, lock, turf out, put aside, cast away, remand, advance, shut up, dispose, blackball, chuck, jactitate, cast, splurge, cast aside, put behind bars, sky, throw, thresh about, oust, imprison, immure, jail, exclude, thrash about, dismiss, shut away, cast out, jug, pitch, chuck out, thrash, toss, throw away, shun, drum out, turn out, gaol, incline, fling, drop, ostracise, lock in, lock away, ostracize, tuck in, eject, cast off, throw off, shake off, put away, shed

Matched Categories

1. • Abandonment
   • Card Game
   • Object

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discardverb

   Synonyms:
   reject, throw or thrust aside, throw away, cast away, lay aside, cast off

2. discardverb

   Synonyms:
   dismiss, discharge, cashier, break, cast off, turn away

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "discard":

   discarding, dismiss, dispose, scrap, throw, reject, abandon, drop

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How to use discard in a sentence?

1. Christen Kuikoua:

   Never discard your talents as if they were disposable, for the gift you just overlooked is the key to improvement and, if harnessed, the catalyst for change in the lives of many.

2. Konrad Lorenz:

   It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.

3. David Klassen:

   The study importantly illustrates that recipient outcomes are similar to those obtained from donors who die from other causes. It also illustrates how the transplant system has successfully incorporated the use of organs from these donors into clinical practice, resulting in benefits to many patients, underutilization of organs from these donors still occurs and is probably underestimated in this paper by looking at 'discard rates' since this does not account for organs that are never procured despite the possibility of providing benefit to potential recipients.

4. Diane Spatz:

   We tell moms,' you know, If you are feeling tipsy, drunk, woozy, any effects of alcohol, you shouldn't be caring for your infant, nor should you be breastfeeding your infant,' that's when a mom will pump and discard her milk. But that's for getting rid of the milk for comfort's sake.

5. David Mamet:

   The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.