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Synonyms for squander
ˈskwɒn dərsquan·der
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Wiktionary
squanderverb
Synonyms:
waste, splurge, ducks and drakes, throw awaysquanderverb
To waste, lavish, splurge
Synonyms:
throw away, ducks and drakes, waste, splurge
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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Princeton's WordNet
waste, blow, squanderverb
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
Synonyms:
rot, swash, gasconade, ravage, botch, neutralise, liquidate, ware, neutralize, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, blow, scourge, burn out, lay waste to, suck, waste, fumble, shove along, flub, fellate, desolate, ball up, bluster, do in, run off, bollocks, macerate, mess up, shove off, louse up, float, gas, bollix, languish, vaunt, screw up, muff, devastate, shoot a line, blow out, emaciate, bollocks up, foul up, pine away, knock off, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, bungle, consume, bollix up, tout, spoil, boast, bodgeconsume, squander, waste, wareverb
spend extravagantly
"waste not, want not"
Synonyms:
languish, exhaust, take in, eat up, neutralise, rot, liquidate, ware, neutralize, down, blow, scourge, take, lay waste to, waste, use up, desolate, do in, macerate, ingest, eat, run through, go through, wipe out, ravage, have, devastate, emaciate, pine away, knock off, devour, consume, deplete, run off
Dictionary of English Synonymes
squanderverb
Synonyms:
spend (profusely), lavish, expend, waste, lose, dissipate, run out, throw away, muddle away
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "squander":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#26 | have | |
#246 | take | |
#311 | down | |
#1119 | gas | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2540 | blow | |
#2728 | eat | |
#2919 | spend | |
#3269 | portion | |
#3373 | suck | |
#6803 | float | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#8328 | divide | |
#8684 | parcel | |
#9696 | ware | |
#11779 | drift | |
#13640 | consume | |
#17344 | rot | |
#17634 | tout | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#23203 | boast | |
#26944 | bobble | |
#28828 | bumble | |
#29630 | fluff | |
#30892 | fumble | |
#33879 | brag | |
#33911 | muff | |
#35321 | scourge | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#36359 | desolate | |
#39656 | neutralize | |
#43092 | devour | |
#48993 | ingest | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#53610 | bollocks | |
#56710 | liquidate | |
#57008 | swash | |
#60914 | deplete | |
#63134 | bungle | |
#66230 | splurge | |
#79641 | ravage | |
#80715 | devastate | |
#80961 | squander | |
#85205 | languish | |
#88167 | bluster | |
#104177 | botch | |
#109264 | gasconade | |
#123666 | neutralise | |
#220019 | flub | |
#231784 | bodge | |
#281038 | vaunt | |
#315643 | mishandle |
How to use squander in a sentence?
I've seen people with very little to give do things in an extremely meaningful way, and I've seen people with $1 billion, squander it and fail.
Dost thou love life? Than do not squander time, for it is the stuff life is made of.
I have asked the UK government not to deploy their' Stay Alert' advertising campaign in Scotland, because the message at this stage in Scotland is... except for the essential reasons you know about, stay at home, we must not squander our progress by easing up too soon, or by sending mixed messages that result in people thinking it's okay to ease up now. Let me be very blunt about the consequences if we were to do that : people will die unnecessarily. We must not take that risk.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Too many people around the world are going hungry for us to be throwing away as much as we do, world resources — from water to land and energy — are too scarce to squander them on growing and transporting food that will never be eaten. To meet this ambitious new goal, we need everyone who grows, serves and eats food to do their part to ensure a steady global food supply into the future.
Translations for squander
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- بددArabic
- verschwenden, verprassen, vergeudenGerman
- derrochar, malbaratar, farrear, despilfarrarSpanish
- سرگردانPersian
- haaskata, tuhlata, törsätäFinnish
- gaspiller, dilapider, gâcherFrench
- sperperareItalian
- לבזבזHebrew
- 乱費, 浪費, 使い尽くすJapanese
- helluorLatin
- whakapauMāori
- verkwanselen, verspillen, verbrassenDutch
- ødsleNorwegian
- проматывать, разбазарить, промотать, расточать, расточить, растратить, транжи́рить, растрачивать, разбазаривать, растранжи́ритьRussian
- slösaSwedish
- ufujajiSwahili
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