Find the word that fits

Junk: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Junk

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

62 useful connections shown 21 reviewed relationships and 41 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Broader term 8

Boat 76% connected

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Discard 76% connected

To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Dispose 76% connected

To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Fling 76% connected

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Rubbish 76% connected

Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Scrap 76% connected

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Toss 76% connected

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Trash 76% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 1

Slack 76% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Derivationally related 4

Dust 74% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Dust 74% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Trash 74% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Trash 74% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Component part 2

Lug 70% connected

The ear, or its lobe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Lugsail 70% connected

A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Synonym 6

Debris 92% connected

Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Detritus 92% connected

A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dust 92% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rubble 92% connected

Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Scrap 92% connected

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Trash 92% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.