trash synonyms

trash

n.

  1. Rubbish

    garbage, waste, refuse, dregs, filth, litter, debris, dross, oddments, sweepings, rubble, odds and ends, offal, junk, sediment, leavings, droppings; see also excess 4, residue.

    Antonyms money*, goods*, riches. *

  2. Persons regarded as of little account

    beggars, thieves, outlaws, the poor, the lower class, hobos, tramps, hoi polloi, (Greek), sans culottes, canaille (both French), wastrels, poor whites, sharecroppers, guttersnipes*, varmints*, good-for-nothings*, white trash*; see also rascal.

    Antonyms aristocracy*, the upper class, the wealthy.

  3. Waste matter

    stuff, frippery, rags, scraps, scrap, scourings, fragments, pieces, shavings, loppings, slash, rakings, slag, parings, rinsings, deads, debris, shoddy, scoria, recrement, residue; see also sense 1.

  4. Nonsense

    drivel, twaddle, prating; see nonsense 1.

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