discard
Get rid of
Discard means to throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted or useful: She discarded the worn-out shoes.
In card games, to discard is to remove a card from your hand, placing it in a discard pile.
The noun refers to something thrown away or the act itself: The pile of discards grew.
Light, casual throw
- dumpWaste disposal site
- throw awayRemove as unwanted
- chuckThrow carelessly or informally
- ditchShallow excavated channel
jettison · dispose · scrap · junk · shed · shuck · cast off · get rid of
Refuse with contempt
- dismissSend away or reject
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- refuseReject or garbage
- declineDecrease or refuse
pass on · turn down · veto · rule out · exclude · eliminate · pass over · snub
Discarded waste material
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- refuseReject or garbage
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- debrisScattered broken fragments
scrap · junk · litter · detritus · dregs · dross · chaff · offal
Surplus beyond need
- extraAdditional, beyond necessary
- spareHeld in reserve
- unusedNever put to purpose
- unneededNot required at all
superfluous · unnecessary · redundant · leftover · unwanted · expendable · disposable · castoff
Abandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- renounceFormally give up
- leave behindDepart without taking
let go · give up · surrender · cast aside · walk away from · part with · release · forgo
toss
Light, casual throw
- dumpWaste disposal site
- throw awayRemove as unwanted
- chuckThrow carelessly or informally
ditch · jettison · dispose · scrap · junk · shed · shuck · cast off · get rid of · pitch
spurn
Refuse with contempt
decline · pass on · turn down · veto · rule out · exclude · eliminate · pass over · snub · ignore
garbage
Discarded waste material
debris · scrap · junk · litter · detritus · dregs · dross · chaff · offal · flotsam
excess
Surplus beyond need
unneeded · superfluous · unnecessary · redundant · leftover · unwanted · expendable · disposable · castoff · remnant
forsake
Abandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- renounceFormally give up
leave behind · let go · give up · surrender · cast aside · walk away from · part with · release · forgo · yield
meld
Blend thoroughly together
trick · rummy · cribbage · canasta · poker · deal · fold · lay down · throw off · gin
- card termsace, pair, flush, king of hearts, straight
- DIS- wordsdisagree, disallow, disbelieve, disapprove, disarray
- getting rid ofunload, disposal, dump, shed, offloading
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- sorting actionssift, filter, cull, weed out, separate
- rummy gamesrummy, melds, meld, runs, gin rummy