| Main Entry: | cast off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject |
Synonyms: |
abandon, discard, disown, jettison, throw away |
| Main Entry: | cashier |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discard, expel |
Synonyms: |
ax, boot, bounce, break, can*, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, drum out, fire, give a pink slip, give the heave ho, heave, remove, sack, terminate |
| Main Entry: | deserted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned, unoccupied |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, left, left in the lurch, left stranded, lonely, lorn, neglected, relinquished, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant |
Antonyms: |
busy, crowded, populated, populous |
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send away, remove; free |
Synonyms: |
abolish, banish, boot, brush off, bundle, cast off, cast out, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out, eject, expel, force out, have done with, kick out, let go, let out, lock out, outlaw, push aside, push back, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send off, send packing, shed, show out, slough off, supersede, sweep away, turn out |
Antonyms: |
accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome |
| Main Entry: | disown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refuse to acknowledge |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abjure, abnegate, cast off, deny, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, divorce oneself from, refuse to recognize, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract |
Antonyms: |
accept, acknowledge, allow, avow, claim |
| Main Entry: | doff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove |
Synonyms: |
cast off, discard, disrobe, peel, put aside, shed, shuck, slip off, strip, take off, undress |
| Notes: | doff 'remove' is a contraction of 'do off' and don is a contraction of 'do on' |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; ignore |
Synonyms: |
abort, adios, be alienated from, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, dust off, eighty-six, end, forfeit, forget about, forsake, give up, have done with, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, part from, part with, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch*, scrub, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wash out, waste one, wipe out, write off |
Antonyms: |
continue, do, mount, pursue, take up |
| Main Entry: | forsake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, turn one's back on |
Synonyms: |
abdicate, cast off, change one's tune, desert, disclaim, disown, drift away, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, jettison, jilt, kiss goodbye, leave, leave flat, leave high and dry, quit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, run out on, set aside, show the door, spurn, surrender, take the oath, throw over, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
Antonyms: |
go back, rediscover, return, revert |
| Main Entry: | forsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
Synonyms: |
cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, disowned, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken, ignored, isolated, jilted, left at the altar, left behind, left in the lurch, lonely, lorn, marooned, outcast, solitary, thrown over |
Antonyms: |
cherished, helped, nurtured, wanted |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take burden from |
Synonyms: |
cast off, clear, cut loose, decontaminate, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, empty, excuse, exempt, extricate, put off, ransom, redeem, relieve, rescue, rid, unburden, undo, unlade, unload, unpack, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
burden, compel, limit, suppress |