All squander synonyms
squanΒ·der
S s verb squander
- caving β the sport of climbing in and exploring caves
- idled β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- emaciate β (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- dry up β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- go through β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- mess with β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- deplete β To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
- cast away β to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- lavish β expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- dissipate β to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- illtreat β Alternative form of ill-treat.
- ante up β If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
- atrophied β exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- cough up β If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- eat β to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- atrophying β Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /ΙΛtroΚ fi Ι/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- futz around β to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
- misuse β wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- ill-treat β to treat badly; maltreat; abuse.
- misemploy β to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- go to waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- fribble β to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- exhaust β Drain (someone) of their physical or mental resources; tire out.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- demised β death or decease.
- illuse β to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
- ill-use β to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
- avail oneself of β to make use of to one's advantage
- demising β death or decease.
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- fribbling β Present participle of fribble.
- misspend β to spend wrongly or unwisely; squander; waste.
- abuse β Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- fritter β to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- lollygag β lallygag.
noun squander
- icing on the cake β a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
- immoderation β lack of moderation.
- wildness β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- wastage β loss by use, wear, decay, etc.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- extravagance β Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- outgo β the act or process of going out: Her illness occasioned a tremendous outgo of affectionate concern.
- expenditure β The action of spending funds.