Thesaurus
lose
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of LOSE
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to get rid of as useless or unwanted <we told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview>
Synonyms cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload
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to use up carelessly <we lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys>
Synonyms blow, dissipate, fiddle away, fritter (away), lavish, lose, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away)
Related Words splurge; consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot; indulge, overindulge; disburse, expend, lay out
Antonyms conserve
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