Thesaurus

waste

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of WASTE

1
to use up carelessly <he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers>
Phrases play ducks and drakes with (or make ducks and drakes of)
Antonyms conserve
2
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of <one country attempting to waste another>
Related Words beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against); blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate; erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away); dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake; blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out; despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize; assassinate, butcher, cut down, dispatch, execute, fell, kill, kill off, massacre, mow (down), murder, slaughter, slay, take out, zap
3
to diminish the physical strength of <endless months of inactivity wasted him>
Antonyms beef (up), fortify, strengthen

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