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

15 senses of throw

Sense 1
throw -- (propel through the air; "throw a frisbee")
       => propel, impel -- (cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship")

Sense 2
throw -- (move violently, energetically, or carelessly; "She threw herself forwards")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 3
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")

Sense 4
throw, thrust -- (place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar")
       => put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")

Sense 5
give, throw -- (convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")

Sense 6
throw, flip, switch -- (cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever")
       => engage, mesh, lock, operate -- (keep engaged; "engaged the gears")

Sense 7
project, cast, contrive, throw -- (put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light")
       => send, direct -- (cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation")

Sense 8
throw -- (to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly; "Jane threw dinner together"; "throw the car into reverse")
       => put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")

Sense 9
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw -- (cause to be confused emotionally)
       => upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit -- (cause to lose one's composure)

Sense 10
hurl, throw -- (utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone")
       => express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to -- (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse")

Sense 11
hold, throw, have, make, give -- (organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course")
       => direct -- (be in charge of)

Sense 12
throw -- (make on a potter's wheel; "she threw a beautiful teapot")
       => shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge -- (make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword")

Sense 13
throw -- (cause to fall off; "The horse threw its inexperienced rider")
       => dislodge, bump -- (remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space")

Sense 14
throw -- (throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six")
       => turn, release -- (let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate")

Sense 15
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -- (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Antonyms of adj thrown

2 senses of thrown

Sense 1
thrown -- (caused to fall to the ground; "the thrown rider got back on his horse"; "a thrown wrestler"; "a ball player thrown for a loss")

INDIRECT (VIA down) -> up -- (being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up")

Sense 2
thrown, thrown and twisted -- (twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread; "thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn")

INDIRECT (VIA tangled) -> untangled -- (not tangled)

Similarity of adj thrown

2 senses of thrown

Sense 1
thrown -- (caused to fall to the ground; "the thrown rider got back on his horse"; "a thrown wrestler"; "a ball player thrown for a loss")
       => down (vs. up) -- (being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today")

Sense 2
thrown, thrown and twisted -- (twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread; "thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn")
       => tangled (vs. untangled) -- (in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes")