discard

noun

Anything discarded.

A discarded playing card in a card game.

(programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

verb

(transitive) To throw away, to reject.

To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

(intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not charta-card · Greek · paper, card

Synonyms for discard

dumpv jettisonv abandonv removev rejectv castoffadj refusev disposaln trashn forsakev throwv dismissv eliminatev renouncev withdrawv throwawayadj jiltn ignorev spurnv

Words related to discard

disposev tossv flingv eloign wasten reusedv recyclev exenteratev forgov disposerv reusesv deletev garbagen garbologyn leftoveradj reusingv relinquishv squanderv unusedadj landfillsn misthrow

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Where does discard come from?

The word discard breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Greek origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -card, from Greek charta (“paper, card”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.