Synonyms of eighty-sixing

eighty-sixing

verb

variants or 86ing

present participle of eighty-six

as in discarding

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarding
• losing
• ditching
• scrapping
• dumping
• rejecting
• casting (off)
• flinging (off or away)
• abandoning
• shedding
• disposing of
• abdicating
• sloughing (off)
• shucking (off)
• throwing away
• unloading
• setting aside
• throwing out
• laying by
• exorcising
• removing
• junking
• sluffing (off)
• jettisoning
• exorcizing
• tossing
• deep-sixing
• chucking
• dismissing
• abolishing
• kicking out
• pitching
• cashiering
• wiping out
• forsaking
• eliminating
• eradicating
• stamping (out)
• deserting
• extirpating
• exterminating
• rooting (out)
• expunging
• extinguishing
• annihilating
• liquidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• embracing
• utilizing
• employing
• taking on
• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• holding back