discarded

1. 1.

   thrown away

   “wearing someone's cast-off clothes”

   “throwaway children living on the streets”

   “salvaged some thrown-away furniture”

   Synonymscast-offthrowawaythrown-away

   Similarunwanted

Questions about discarded

What does discarded mean?

discarded means "thrown away".

How many syllables are in discarded?

discarded has 3 syllables: di-scar-ded. The stress falls on "scar". In IPA it is /dɪˈskɑɹdɪd/.

What is another word for discarded?

Close synonyms include cast-off, throwaway, thrown-away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is discarded a common word?

discarded is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.