Synonyms of cast (off)

cast (off) 1 of 3

verb

as in to dump

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dump
• discard
• ditch
• unload
• lose
• shuck (off)
• slough (off)
• fling (off or away)
• throw away
• shed
• scrap
• sluff (off)
• dispose of
• abandon
• reject
• set aside
• jettison
• throw out
• lay by
• remove
• exorcise
• toss
• chuck
• eliminate
• junk
• dismiss
• cashier
• eighty-six
• deep-six
• root (out)
• pitch
• abdicate
• kick out
• stamp (out)
• forsake
• wipe out
• eradicate
• desert
• abolish
• exterminate
• extirpate
• expunge
• annihilate
• extinguish
• liquidate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopt
• use
• take on
• embrace
• employ
• utilize
• keep
• hold
• retain
• hold back

castoff

2 of 3

noun

as in reject

one who is cast out or rejected by society

a castoff who later became a famous poet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reject
• castaway
• outcast
• pariah
• leper
• exile
• outsider
• offscouring
• untouchable
• deportee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insider

cast-off

3 of 3

adjective

as in discarded

Related Words

• discarded
• junked
• waste
• refuse
• neglected
• jettisoned
• castaway
• ignored
• untended
• unattended
• shabby
• rejected
• disused
• vacated
• abandoned
• forsaken
• deserted
• derelict
• godforsaken
• forgotten
• vacant
• miserable
• desolate
• wretched
• void
• idle
• empty

Dissimilar Words

• reclaimed
• saved
• recovered
• redeemed
• salvaged
• retrieved
• restored
• reconditioned
• rescued
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cast (off)

Noun

How odd that your in-laws can call your bed old and ugly, but balk at insulting their neighbor’s castoffs by not using them. — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2026

Hsu maps a Los Angeles of leftovers and castoffs; portraits of friends and strangers in the street are full of dazed, inscrutable expressions. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Veteran Sam Okuayinonu figures to start at one spot, but a trade acquisition or a castoff veteran could, too. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

Ultimately, that could give the Dodgers castoff a chance to remain in the major league picture after his latest stint in Los Angeles. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The Valkyries, as an expansion club, were constructed originally out of WNBA castoffs and skilled international players. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

The pastor’s initiative proved so popular that the church began distributing feed sacks to well-off homes, so Boston housewives could continually set aside castoffs for donation. — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026

For decades, West Africa’s largest secondhand market had thrived on the global North’s castoffs, yet a growing deluge of fast fashion and its ultra-fast successors had turned Accra into the world’s clothing graveyard. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026

Adjective

Russia topped the chart of cast-off rockets at this altitude, with 512 uncontrolled spacecraft that could ultimately threaten space explorers around the globe. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026

Even better, EcoSet’s Materials Oasis provides a wide array of supplies free of charge to non-profits like schools and other organizations that can make use of cast-off sets, furniture, art supplies and assorted props. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026

Instead of designing an all-new processor, Apple repurposed the cast-off chips of a massively popular product. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2026

The Patriots patched their defensive line with players like Cory Durden, a Giants cast-off who proved worthy of a starting spot at least for one night. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 2 Dec. 2025

Women in elegant African-print dresses carry burdens on their heads; men in cast-off Western clothes push wooden carts laden with potatoes and carrots. — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

Close to cast-off time, the tour company canceled the excursion. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2025