Synonyms of eighty-sixes

eighty-sixes

verb

variants or 86es

present tense third-person singular of eighty-six

as in discards

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

decided to eighty-six his birth name the minute he arrived in Hollywood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discards
• loses
• ditches
• scraps
• rejects
• exorcizes
• casts (off)
• dumps
• sloughs (off)
• abdicates
• flings (off or away)
• sheds
• deep-sixes
• abandons
• shucks (off)
• disposes of
• throws away
• exorcises
• jettisons
• sets aside
• junks
• sluffs (off)
• lays by
• unloads
• throws out
• tosses
• chucks
• removes
• dismisses
• pitches
• cashiers
• stamps (out)
• abolishes
• forsakes
• kicks out
• deserts
• eliminates
• wipes out
• eradicates
• extirpates
• expunges
• roots (out)
• extinguishes
• exterminates
• annihilates
• liquidates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uses
• embraces
• adopts
• takes on
• utilizes
• employs
• holds
• retains
• keeps
• holds back