All squander antonyms
squanΒ·der
S s verb squander
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- defend β If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- harvest β Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- accessed β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- garrisoning β Present participle of garrison.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- buy up β If you buy up land, property, or a commodity, you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available.
- garrisoned β a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- cut corners β to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
- agglomerated β gathered together into a cluster or mass.
- forgathered β Simple past tense and past participle of forgather.
- hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- economize β to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- hived β a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- accessing β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- massed β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- cover all bases β take full precautions
- lay in β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- hiving β a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- conglomerated β Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
- massing β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- get one's hands on β (Idiomatic) To get; to obtain; to secure.
- cover up β If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- hoard β a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- housed β a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- copped β to catch; nab.
- gobble up β to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
- conserve β If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
- mothball β a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- close with β to engage in battle with an enemy
- deal in β to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- mothballed β a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- obtain β to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- draw in β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- mothballs β a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- make the scene β the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- load up β charge, fill
- concentrate β If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it.
- cache β A cache is a quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden.
- cut back β If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
- get hold of β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- deposit β A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.
- lay aside β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- accumulate β When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
- gang up β an act of ganging up or uniting in opposition to someone or something.