Thesaurus:throw
English
Verb
Sense: to cause an object to move rapidly through the airCategory:English thesaurus entries#THROW
Synonyms
- bungCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws (Australia, UK)
- castCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- chuckCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- chunkCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW (slang, chiefly Southern US)
- cookCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete, UK dialect)
- dashCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROW [⇒ thesaurus]Category:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- dumpCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- feckCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- flingCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- jerkCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROW [⇒ thesaurus]Category:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws (obsolete)
- heaveCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- hieldCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- hoyCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW (Northumbria, Australia)
- huckCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- hurlCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- hurtleCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW (archaic or literary)
- launchCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- lobCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- peckCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW (regional)
- pegCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW (slang)
- pickCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW (obsolete)
- pitchCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- precipitateCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- projectCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- quoitCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- shyCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROW [⇒ thesaurus]Category:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- slightCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- skewCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW (Northumberland, Yorkshire)
- slingCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- thrillCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- throwCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- tossCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- trajectCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
- warpCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW (very rare, obsolete)
- whangCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws (Australia, UK)
- whipCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROW [⇒ thesaurus]Category:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- whopCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- wingCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- bowlCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws (cricket)
- eggCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- flightCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws (cricket)
- flipCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- throw downCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#THROW
Hypernyms
- catapultCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- directCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- fireCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- launchCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- propelCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
- sendCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#THROWCategory:Thesaurus entries using parameter 3 of ws
Further reading
- “284. propulsion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “throw” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.