ditch | Definition of ditch

ditch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ditch

1 to end a usually intimate relationship with

ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior

Synonyms of ditch

blow off, break off (with), dump, jilt, kiss off, leave

Words Related to ditch

brush (aside or off), cold-shoulder, cut, high-hat, slight, snub

abandon, desert, forsake, maroon, quit

Phrases Synonymous with ditch

Near Antonyms of ditch

hook up (with), take

befriend, latch (on or onto)

2 to get rid of as useless or unwanted

we ditched the old table at the town dump

Synonyms of ditch

cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off) , throw away, throw out, toss, unload

Words Related to ditch

abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake

dismiss, kick out

abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out

Phrases Synonymous with ditch

dispose of, set aside

Near Antonyms of ditch

adopt, embrace, take on

employ, use, utilize

hold, hold back, keep, retain