Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

DISCARD

adopt

The most appropriate antonym of the word "discard" is adopt.

• Discard means "to get rid of something as no longer useful or desirable."
• Adopt means "to take (someone or something) as one's own."

The other words do not have the opposite meaning of "discard."

• Distribute means "to give out or deliver something to a number of people or places."
• Waste means "to use or expend something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose."
• Share means "to divide something into parts and give a part to each of a number of people."