Need another word that means the same as “discarded”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “discarded” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Discarded” are: cast-off, throwaway, thrown-away
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “discarded” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| cast-off | Thrown away. |
| throwaway | (of a remark) expressed in a casual or understated way. Throwaway children living on the streets. |
| thrown-away | Thrown away. |
| abandoned | Free from constraint- Liam O’Flaherty. A wild abandoned dance. |
| bin | The quantity contained in a bin. Paint on the bottles indicated which way up they should be binned. |
| carelessly | In a casual or reckless way; inattentively. He replied carelessly. |
| dabble | Play in or as if in water, as of small children. She dabbles in astronomy. |
| detritus | Gravel, sand, silt, or other material produced by erosion. The streets were foul with detritus. |
| discard | Anything that is cast aside or discarded. West led a heart and East was able to discard his club loser. |
| disposal | A kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage. The disposal of radioactive waste. |
| dump | A heap of rubbish left at a dump. Why are you living in a dump like this. |
| dumping | Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market. |
| filth | Any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant. Stagnant pools of filth. |
| garbage | Rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse. She tossed the moldy bread into the garbage. |
| handle | Handle effectively. The first penalty came as Brown handled. |
| inadvertently | Without intention; accidentally. His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list. |
| incinerator | A furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse. |
| jettison | The action of jettisoning something. Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea. |
| junk | Junk bonds. I only have an hour to get all my junk together. |
| landfill | An area filled in by landfill. Landfilled waste. |
| litter | Provide a horse or other animal with litter as bedding. The spiders live in leaf litter. |
| refuse | Refuse entrance or membership. I refused to answer. |
| remains | A relic that has been excavated from the soil. The remains of a sandwich lunch were on the table. |
| reuse | Use again or more than once. The tape could be magnetically erased and reused. |
| riffraff | Disparaging terms for the common people. |
| rubble | Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings. Two buildings collapsed trapping scores of people in the rubble. |
| scavenge | Collect discarded or refused material. Solid lead deposits of combustion would be scavenged from the engine. |
| trash | Dispose of (something useless or old. She almost trashed the email window. |
| unclaimed | Not demanded or requested as being something one has a right to. Unclaimed luggage. |
| undesirable | One whose presence is undesirable. Rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables. |
| unwanted | Not wanted. Removed the unwanted vegetation. |
| waste | Run off as waste. We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer. |
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