Synonyms of tosses

tosses

verb

present tense third-person singular of toss

1

as in lurches

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurches
• sways
• rocks
• shakes
• rolls
• halts
• careens
• jerks
• vibrates
• tumbles
• wobbles
• seesaws
• falters
• staggers
• weaves
• stumbles
• wabbles
• waddles
• vacillates
• pitches
• flounders
• hobbles
• wavers
• totters
• toddles
• jolts
• reels
• waggles
• teeters
• oscillates
• blunders
• hitches
• undulates
• bucks
• dodders
• wags

2

as in fidgets

to make jerky or restless movements

tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fidgets
• squirms
• twitches
• jerks
• twists
• fiddles
• writhes
• wiggles
• trembles
• shakes
• wriggles
• shivers
• thrashes
• jiggles
• threshes
• flutters
• flits
• shudders
• quivers
• jigs
• squiggles
• paces
• quakes
• twitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rests
• relaxes
• unwinds
• calms (down)
• stills

3

as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

toss that football over here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws
• hurls
• flings
• launches
• fires
• casts
• slings
• heaves
• bowls
• lobs
• flips
• catapults
• pegs
• pitches
• dashes
• chucks
• hurtles
• darts
• lets fly
• guns
• lofts
• rolls
• passes
• pelts
• thrusts
• ejects
• propels
• shoots
• precipitates
• hooks
• rifles
• impels
• projects
• bucks

4

as in discards

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discards
• unloads
• dumps
• ditches
• loses
• abandons
• rejects
• jettisons
• removes
• sheds
• scraps
• chucks
• exorcises
• dismisses
• exorcizes
• throws away
• sloughs (off)
• casts (off)
• eliminates
• junks
• flings (off or away)
• throws out
• sluffs (off)
• lays by
• disposes of
• shucks (off)
• sets aside
• forsakes
• eighty-sixes
• deep-sixes
• 86es
• abdicates
• pitches
• abolishes
• cashiers
• eradicates
• kicks out
• deserts
• expunges
• extinguishes
• annihilates
• exterminates
• wipes out
• liquidates
• extirpates
• stamps (out)
• roots (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of tosses

Beyoncé tosses the jeans into the washer along with a bucket of diamonds. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019