EIGHTY-SIXED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

eighty-sixed

verb

variants or 86'd

past tense of eighty-six

as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted decided to eighty-six his birth name the minute he arrived in Hollywood

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eighty-sixed

Verb

According to the report the items were discarded, and the walk-in cooler could not be used until it was serviced and approved by Tarrant County Public Health.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026
In addition, the short-half-life isotopes tend to get discarded by the process, and there's also the need to keep the streams of pure plutonium from concentrating, or things could get very nasty.

— David Szondy August 22, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of discarded

Verb

The storm dumped more than a foot of rain over parts of the state, with the highest elevations getting more than 40 inches.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The only other crime series out recently on Netflix are true-crime offerings, where a few of those are dumped out every week.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of dumped

Verb

The suspect ditched his bike in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood, northeast of where Interstates 105 and 110 intersect, and ran off.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
The hit-and-run driver then ditched the BMW and appears to have gotten into another car to escape.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditched

Verb

Unloading began the following evening but progressed slowly, and only the fish manure and oil drums ended up being unloaded.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
The broader Aston Martin company unloaded a sliver of the team at a $3 billion-plus valuation about a year ago as well.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of unloaded

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

eighty-six

eighty-sixed

eighty-sixes

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Eighty-sixed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eighty-sixed. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of eighty-sixed

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

tilde

Popular in Grammar & Usage

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

How to Pronounce the Trickiest Menu Items

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Popular in Wordplay

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Aug. 21

16 Glee-ridden Words from Schitt's Creek

Popular

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes