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| Main Entry: | trash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, droppings, dross, excess, filth, junk, litter, odds and ends*, offal, refuse, residue, rubbish, rubble, rummage, scrap, scraps, scum*, sediment, waste, fragments, leavings, oddments, pieces, scourings, shavings, sweepings |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Antonyms: | assets, possessions, valuables |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridiculous communication |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, bilge*, drivel, hogwash, inanity, malarkey*, nonsense, rot, rubbish, tripe, twaddle, foolish talk |
| Antonyms: | information, sense |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, usually with words |
| Synonyms: | abuse, assault, bash, berate, beset, blast, blister, bust, charge, come at, criticize, encounter, impugn, invade, lambaste, lay into*, malign, maltreat, molest, revile, trash*, vilify, have at*, set upon, work over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on*, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into*, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat up*, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze*, clobber*, conquer, cream*, deck*, drub*, exceed, excel, floor*, knock off*, lambaste, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shut down, surpass, take down*, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax*, whip*, wipe*, wipe out, zap*, KO, flax, get the better of, let have it, shoot down*, take care of, triumph over, whomp, whop, wipe the floor with |
| Antonyms: | lose, relent, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up*, frustrate, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud*, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck, glitch up |
| Antonyms: | aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste |
| Synonyms: | crust, debris, dregs, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shell, trash, husks, shard |
| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
| Synonyms: | detritus, dregs, dross, garbage, junk, offal, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage, bits, crap, fragments, pieces |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | deface |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mar, mutilate |
| Synonyms: | blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, disfigure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck, dilapidate, misshape |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, fix, mend, ornament, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt, violate |
| Synonyms: | abuse, adulterate, befoul, besmirch, contaminate, debase, deflower, degrade, desecrate, dirty, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, hurt, mess up*, molest, pollute, profane, rape, ravish, seduce, shame, smear, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, trash, vitiate, maculate, make foul, muck up*, scuzz up, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, hallow, honor, purify, sanctify, clease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; consume |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dismantle, eat, flatten, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, raze, ruin, sink, smash, tear down, total*, trash*, undo, wax*, wrack, wreck, dilapidate, gobble up, knock down, put in toilet, take apart, take out, torpedo*, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, fix, produce, rebuild, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devastate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, destroy |
| Synonyms: | desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, stamp out*, total*, trash*, waste, wreck, depredate, do one in, lay waste, spoliate, take apart, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, enrich, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eradicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; remove |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annihilate, demolish, do away with, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, off*, purge, raze, rub out*, scratch*, scrub, squash, stamp out*, total, trash, uproot, waste, wipe out*, blot out*, deracinate, mow down, root out*, shoot down, take out*, torpedo*, unroot, wash out, weed out |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, bear, create, establish, fix, help, institute, plant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | filth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt, pollution |
| Synonyms: | carrion, contamination, corruption, defilement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, refuse, sediment, sewage, silt, slime, slop, sludge, slush, smut, trash, crud, feculence, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rottenness, sleaze, uncleanness |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends*, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, sewage, slop*, swill, trash, waste, bits and pieces, dreck, scrapings, sweepings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hogwash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, debris, drivel*, foolishness, poppycock*, refuse, rot, rubbish, trash, twaddle*, BS, hokum, hooey, horsefeathers, ridiculousness |
| Antonyms: | sense, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impugn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, challenge |
| Synonyms: | assail, attack, blast, break, call into question, come down on*, contradict, contravene, cross, deny, disaffirm, dispute, gainsay, knock*, negate, negative, oppose, put down*, question, resist, run down, slam*, smear*, traduce, trash, traverse, zap*, zing*, cast aspersions upon, cast doubt upon, cut to shreds, pin something on, skin alive, stick it to, swipe at, tar*, throw doubt on, throw the book at, thumb nose at |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inveigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, denounce |
| Synonyms: | admonish, berate, blast, castigate, censure, condemn, crack down on, except, expostulate, go after, have at*, jump down one's throat, kick, lambaste, lay into, lay out, let have it, object, protest, rail, read out, recriminate, remonstrate, reproach, rip into, roast, scold, scorch, sound off, tongue-lash, trash*, upbraid, vituperate, work over |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | junk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash*, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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