Synonyms for garbage
ˈgɑr bɪdʒgarbage

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1. garbageverb

   Synonyms:
   gut, disembowel, eviscerate, refuse, trash, rubbish, waste, junk

   Antonyms:
   artifact, prize, resource, valuable, asset, find, treasure, catch, recyclable

2. garbagenoun

   To eviscerate.

   Synonyms:
   eviscerate, disembowel, gut, rubbish, trash, junk, waste, refuse

   Antonyms:
   catch, resource, artifact, valuable, find, prize, recyclable, asset, treasure

3. garbagenoun

   Nonsense; gibberish.

   Synonyms:
   trash, junk, refuse, waste, rubbish

   Antonyms:
   resource, treasure, artifact, find, asset, prize, valuable, catch, recyclable

4. garbagenoun

   Something or someone worthless.

   Synonyms:
   refuse, junk, waste, trash, rubbish

   Antonyms:
   catch, valuable, prize, recyclable, artifact, treasure, find, resource, asset

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1. garbage, refuse, food waste, scrapsnoun

   food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

   Synonyms:
   drivel, scraps, food waste, refuse

2. drivel, garbagenoun

   a worthless message

   Synonyms:
   refuse, drool, drivel, scraps, dribble, food waste, slobber

3. garbagenoun

   a receptacle where waste can be discarded

   "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"

   Synonyms:
   drivel, scraps, food waste, refuse

Matched Categories

1. • Message
   • Receptacle
   • Waste

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. garbagenoun

   Synonyms:
   refuse (of flesh), offal

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1. garbagenoun

   Synonyms:
   offal, refuse, swill, waste

   Associated words:
   scavenger

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1. List of paraphrases for "garbage":

   trash, refuse, rubbish, waste, detritus, dumpster, wastes, litter, dustbin, scum, junk, filth, mcdonough, bastards, wastebasket

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1. Astronaut Scott Kelly:

   We actually return garbage on the SpaceX too, we've got to get rid of the stuff on the space station somehow. So we do have a pretty significant capability to bring back stuff on SpaceX that you might not imagine.

2. Sara Davis Buechner:

   Just imagine, you have to take every stitch of clothing you own and put it in the garbage, the best analogy I tell people is, 'What if you moved to Bolivia tomorrow, how much would it cost to start a totally new life?'.

3. Darby Hoover:

   A lot of people think of an island of floating garbage, people envision that there are forms of an island you can see on Google Earth -- it's much more diffuse than that.

4. Todd Gilbert:

   Any group that comes to Richmond to spread white supremacist garbage, or any other form of hate, violence, or civil unrest isn't welcome here, while we and our Democratic colleagues may have differences, we are all Virginians and we will stand united in opposition to any threats of violence or civil unrest from any quarter.

5. Bob Seger:

   Most of the time, I'm here in Michigan and I'm taking out the garbage every Monday.