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
thrown out
verb
1
as in ejected
to drive or force out the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- ejected
- kicked out
- cast out
- outed
- sent packing
- dismissed
- turned out
- run off
- expelled
- shut out
- banished
- extruded
- evicted
- given one the gate
- read out
- booted (out)
- sacked
- drummed (out)
- chased
- routed
- ousted
- bounced
- exiled
- deforced
- turfed (out)
- retired
- dispossessed
- mustered out
- ostracized
- deported
- removed
- expatriated
- displaced
- canned
- axed
- cashiered
- fired
- released
- terminated
- pink-slipped
- defenestrated
- discharged
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- taken in
- received
- taken
- accepted
- admitted
- welcomed
- entertained
- lodged
- housed
- sheltered
- harbored
2
as in dumped
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
- dumped
- lost
- tossed
- discarded
- ditched
- shed
- thrown away
- scrapped
- chucked
- laid by
- disposed of
- unloaded
- set aside
- jettisoned
- junked
- rejected
- removed
- sluffed (off)
- sloughed (off)
- shucked (off)
- exorcised
- abandoned
- eliminated
- flung (off or away)
- cashiered
- kicked out
- cast (off)
- exorcized
- dismissed
- wiped out
- pitched
- eighty-sixed
- deep-sixed
- forsaken
- abdicated
- 86'd
- deserted
- eradicated
- abolished
- expunged
- exterminated
- stamped (out)
- extirpated
- annihilated
- extinguished
- liquidated
- rooted (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- taken on
- adopted
- used
- employed
- utilized
- embraced
- held
- retained
- kept
- held back
3
as in cast
to throw or give off the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke Synonyms & Similar Words
- cast
- radiated
- released
- issued
- given out
- emitted
- evolved
- irradiated
- exhaled
- emanated
- poured
- sent (out)
- expelled
- sprayed
- discharged
- expired
- vented
- eliminated
- shot
- evacuated
- excreted
- exuded
- oozed
- secreted
- ejected
- squirted
- erupted
- spewed
- gushed
- spurted
- outpoured
- spouted
- jetted
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- taken 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
- thrown over
- passed
- passed up
- turned down
- declined
- denied
- disputed
- denied
- spurned
- ignored
- withdrawn
- blown off
- vetoed
- disapproved
- repudiated
- dismissed
- disputed
- turned one's back on
- balked (at)
- deselected
- nixed
- reprobated
- taken back
- shot down
- negatived
- overruled
- prohibited
- rebuffed
- forbidden
- scouted
- avoided
- scorned
- disdained
- proscribed
- retracted
- backed off
- stuck
- revoked
- forborne
- abstained (from)
- renounced
- gainsaid
- disavowed
- backed down
- recanted
- disclaimed
- refrained (from)
- contradicted
- bypassed
- disowned
- refuted
- abjured
- forsworn
- detoured
- rebutted
- disproved
- disagreed (with)
- recalled
- controverted
- unsaid
- disallowed
- backtracked
- negated
- foresworn
- reneged
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- agreed (to)
- accepted
- approved
- received
- taken
- adopted
- swallowed
- tolerated
- embraced
- welcomed
- selected
- agreed
- chosen
- consented
- condoned
- supported
- countenanced
- acquiesced
- acceded
- espoused
- assented
- handpicked
- mean noon
- mean nothing to
- mean nothing to (someone)
- mean nothing to someone
- mean obliquity
- mean place
- mean proportional
- mean reserve
- mean sea level
- mean solar day
- mean something to
- barbareas
- Barbaresco
- barbaresque
- barbarian
- barbarianism
- barbarianisms
- barbarians
- barbaric
- barbarically
- barbaries
- barbarious
- barbarisation
- barbarisations
- barbarise