Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun throwing_away

1 sense of throwing away

Sense 1
discard, throwing away -- (getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable)
       => abandonment -- (the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb throw_away

2 senses of throw away

Sense 1
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away -- (throw or cast away; "Put away your worries")
       => get rid of, remove -- (dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood")

Sense 2
shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop -- (get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")