SHED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SHED?

Need another word that means the same as “shed”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “shed” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Shed” are: hut, lean-to, outhouse, outbuilding, shack, exuviate, molt, moult, slough, pour forth, spill, disgorge, cast, cast off, drop, shake off, throw, throw away, throw off, caducous

Shed as a Noun

Definitions of "Shed" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shed” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A larger structure for storing or maintaining vehicles or other machinery.
• A building for shearing sheep or milking cattle.
• An outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage.
• A simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop.

Synonyms of "Shed" as a noun (5 Words)

hut	Small crude shelter used as a dwelling. A beach hut.
lean-to	Rough shelter whose roof has only one slope.
outbuilding	A building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building.
outhouse	A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
shack	A roughly built hut or cabin.

Usage Examples of "Shed" as a noun

• A garden shed.
• A bicycle shed.
• A shed is required for the three engines.

Shed as a Verb

Definitions of "Shed" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shed” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Get rid of.
• Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
• Park (a vehicle) in a depot.
• Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities.
• Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.

Synonyms of "Shed" as a verb (14 Words)

cast	Form by pouring e g wax or hot metal into a cast or mold. She cast her request in very polite language.
cast off	Deposit.
disgorge	Pour (something) out. The wine is aged in the bottle before it is disgorged.
drop	Score a goal by a drop kick. She dropped into army jargon.
exuviate	Shed (a skin or shell).
molt	Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
moult	(of an animal) shed old feathers, hair, or skin to make way for a new growth. The adult birds were already moulting.
pour forth	Supply in large amounts or quantities.
shake off	Move or cause to move back and forth.
slough	Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
spill	Reveal (confidential information) to someone. You ll spill that tea if you re not careful.
throw	Throw a die out onto a flat surface. The stewards had thrown a cordon across the fairway.
throw away	Place or put with great energy.
throw off	Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture.

Usage Examples of "Shed" as a verb

• Shed your clothes.
• Our dog sheds every Spring.
• He shed his image as a pushy boss.
• God shed His grace on Thee.
• The buses were temporarily shedded in that depot.
• Shed tears.

Shed as an Adjective

Definitions of "Shed" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shed” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Shed at an early stage of development.

Synonyms of "Shed" as an adjective (1 Word)

caducous

(of an organ or part) easily detached and shed at an early stage. Most amphibians have caducous gills.

Associations of "Shed" (30 Words)

aphasia	Inability (or impaired ability) to understand or produce speech, as a result of brain damage.
backyard	The grounds in back of a house. Children must be made aware of environmental issues in their own backyard.
barn	A unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter. A great barn of a pub.
cellar	Store wine in a cellar. He spent years building up a remarkable cellar of aged Riojas.
chateau	A large French country house or castle, often giving its name to wine made in its neighbourhood. Château Margaux.
crib	Use a crib as in an exam. Is the song a crib from Mozart s Don Giovanni.
defeatist	Demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure. We have a duty not to be so defeatist.
diffuse	Spread or diffuse through. The diffuse community which centred on the church.
discard	Anything that is cast aside or discarded. Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded.
dissipate	Spend frivolously and unwisely. The concern she d felt for him had wholly dissipated.
dissipation	Overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living. The dissipations in the switch and diode are small.
dissolution	The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations. Minerals susceptible to dissolution.
driveway	A short road leading from a public road to a house or other building. One of the suspects backed a vehicle into the driveway.
extravagance	The trait of spending extravagantly. The extravagance of the decor.
forecourt	An open area in front of a large building or petrol station.
garage	Put or keep a motor vehicle in a garage. The car needn t be garaged in the winter.
granary	A storehouse for threshed grain.
lose	Miss from one s possessions lose sight of. The painting loses something in this light.
mislay	Place (something) where one cannot find it again. I seem to have mislaid my car keys.
mismanage	Manage (something) badly or wrongly. The funds were mismanaged.
misplace	Position incorrectly. I m sure the jewellery has just been misplaced and not stolen.
missing	(of a person) absent from a place, especially their home, and of unknown whereabouts. Missing in action.
outhouse	Store or accommodate away from the main storage or accommodation area. Books outhoused in the annex take longer to deliver.
parking	Space in which vehicles can be parked. There is plenty of parking behind the store.
ranch	Manage or run a ranch. Her husband is ranching in Arizona.
scatter	Sow by scattering. There are many watermills scattered throughout the marshlands.
spill	A quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt. He had a nasty spill on the ice.
wallet	A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
warehouse	Place imported goods in a bonded warehouse pending the payment of import duty. A discount warehouse.
waste	Run off as waste. They collect the waste once a week.