Synonyms of trash
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Another word for trash is refuse. Other synonyms of trash are junk, debris and litter.
Synonyms and similar words for trash
nounUseless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- refuseCollectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
nounA container into which things are discarded.
- trashcan
- trash canA receptacle which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
- trashbin
- trash binA rubbish bin.
- garbage canA receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard...
- rubbish binA garbage can, a trash can.
- bin
nounA dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
nounLoose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
- scrapDiscarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
nounA fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
- stan
- admirer
- aficionado
- buff
- connoisseurA specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.
- enthusiast
- devotee
- maniac
- fan
- fanaticA person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
- fancier
- fancy
- fiend
- freak
- geek
- junkie
- partisan
- rooter US, slang
- zealot
nounTemporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if...
- recycle binA container in which items to be recycled may be placed.
verbTo free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
- detrashTo remove the trash (unusable stems, leaves or vines) from.
nounMore synonyms
- garbage (1-3)
- junk (1,3)
- waste
- cultch
- crap
- debrisLitter and discarded refuse.
- dreckTrash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.
- drek
- gash UK, slangRubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.
- junkMiscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
- litterWaste or debris, originally any mess but now particularly trash left or thrown on the ground.
- piece of crapSynonym of piece of shit.
- piece of garbageUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, of, garbage.
- piece of shit vulgarA bad thing; an object of poor quality.
- pile of crap
- pile of shit vulgarAny worthless structure or device.
- piece of trashUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, of, trash.
- service item US, slangAny of the trash or sewage that must be removed from a passenger aircraft.
- shit vulgarRubbish; worthless matter.
- stuffRefuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- pelf datedRubbish, trash; specifically (UK, dialectal) refuse from plants.
- roughage archaic
Meaning of trash
- noun Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- noun A container into which things are discarded.
- noun Something worthless or of poor quality.
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