dump | Definition of dump

dump

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dump

1 to end a usually intimate relationship with

all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him

Synonyms of dump

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

Words Related to dump

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

abandon, desert, forsake, maroon, quit

Phrases Synonymous with dump

Near Antonyms of dump

hook up (with), take

befriend, latch (on or onto)

2 to get rid of as useless or unwanted

dump the trash on the curb and go back inside

Synonyms of dump

cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, ditch, 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 dump

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 dump

dispose of, set aside

Near Antonyms of dump

adopt, embrace, take on

employ, use, utilize

hold, hold back, keep, retain