throw out
verb
threw out; thrown out; throwing out; throws out
transitive verb
1
a
: to remove from a place, office, or employment usually in a sudden or unexpected manner
b
: to get rid of as worthless or unnecessary
2
: to give expression to : utter
threw out a remark … that utterly confounded him
Jean Stafford
Jean Stafford3
: to dismiss from acceptance or consideration : reject
the testimony was thrown out
4
: to make visible or manifest : display
the signal was thrown out for the … fleet to prepare for action Archibald Duncan
Archibald Duncan5
: to leave behind : outdistance
6
: to give forth from within : emit
7
a
: to send out
b
: to cause to project : extend
8
: confuse, disconcert
automobiles in line blocking the road … threw the whole schedule out F. D. Roosevelt
F. D. Roosevelt9
: to cause to stand out : make prominent
10
: to make a throw that enables a teammate to put out (a base runner)
Synonyms
- banish
- boot (out)
- bounce
- cast out
- chase
- dismiss
- drum (out)
- eject
- expel
- extrude
- kick out
- oust
- out
- rout
- run off
- turf (out) [chiefly British]
- turn out
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?
Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
threw out
verb
1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dismissed
- ejected
- chased
- banished
- kicked out
- outed
- cast out
- turned out
- sent packing
- ran off
- expelled
- removed
- gave one the gate
- shut out
- sacked
- evicted
- read out
- extruded
- routed
- booted (out)
- ousted
- drummed (out)
- fired
- bounced
- deforced
- mustered out
- exiled
- turfed (out)
- dispossessed
- retired
- ostracized
- expatriated
- deported
- displaced
- terminated
- released
- canned
- discharged
- axed
- cashiered
- pink-slipped
- defenestrated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- received
- accepted
- took
- admitted
- took in
- welcomed
- entertained
- lodged
- housed
- sheltered
- harbored
2
as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks? Synonyms & Similar Words
- discarded
- dumped
- unloaded
- ditched
- threw away
- lost
- laid by
- abandoned
- disposed of
- scrapped
- shed
- set aside
- rejected
- tossed
- jettisoned
- removed
- junked
- chucked
- exorcised
- sloughed (off)
- sluffed (off)
- flung (off or away)
- shucked (off)
- cashiered
- eliminated
- dismissed
- kicked out
- exorcized
- cast (off)
- pitched
- wiped out
- deep-sixed
- 86'd
- eighty-sixed
- abolished
- abdicated
- deserted
- forsook
- eradicated
- exterminated
- expunged
- extirpated
- extinguished
- annihilated
- stamped (out)
- liquidated
- rooted (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- adopted
- took on
- used
- employed
- utilized
- embraced
- held
- held back
- retained
- kept
3
as in cast
to throw or give off the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke Synonyms & Similar Words
- cast
- released
- radiated
- gave out
- emitted
- issued
- evolved
- expelled
- emanated
- eliminated
- exhaled
- irradiated
- poured
- discharged
- sent (out)
- vented
- expired
- shot
- evacuated
- excreted
- exuded
- erupted
- oozed
- secreted
- sprayed
- ejected
- squirted
- gushed
- spurted
- spewed
- jetted
- outpoured
- spouted
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- took up
- soaked (up)
- sucked (up)
- absorbed
- inhaled
- sponged
4
as in refused
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards Synonyms & Similar Words
- refused
- rejected
- declined
- threw over
- passed up
- turned down
- ignored
- denied
- passed
- avoided
- denied
- dismissed
- withdrew
- disputed
- spurned
- vetoed
- disapproved
- repudiated
- deselected
- balked (at)
- disputed
- turned one's back on
- nixed
- forbade
- reprobated
- blew off
- shot down
- negatived
- took back
- prohibited
- overruled
- rebuffed
- scouted
- disdained
- scorned
- proscribed
- retracted
- renounced
- stuck
- recalled
- backed off
- revoked
- disavowed
- gainsaid
- abstained (from)
- contradicted
- backed down
- disclaimed
- recanted
- forbore
- refuted
- abjured
- refrained (from)
- bypassed
- forswore
- disproved
- disowned
- disagreed (with)
- rebutted
- detoured
- controverted
- unsaid
- forbad
- disallowed
- negated
- backtracked
- foreswore
- reneged
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- agreed (to)
- accepted
- approved
- received
- adopted
- took
- swallowed
- tolerated
- embraced
- agreed
- selected
- welcomed
- acquiesced
- consented
- chose
- supported
- condoned
- countenanced
- acceded
- espoused
- assented
- handpicked