English Synonym Finder

flung

Definitions

Past tense and past participle of fling; thrown or hurled with force.

Moved or pushed something suddenly and violently.

Examples

He flung his backpack onto the floor as soon as he walked through the door.

The angry protester flung a handful of flyers into the air.

She flung open the curtains to let the morning sunlight fill the room.

Synonyms

hurled tossed cast pitched slung lobbed heaved

Antonyms

caught held kept retained collected gathered received