Antonyms for waste
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1. waste

   Excess is more than enough of anything, and, since this in very many cases indicates a lack either of judgment or of self-control, the word is used frequently in an unfavorable sense. Careless expenditure in excess of income is extravagance; we may have also extravagance of language, professions, etc. As extravagance is excess in outlay, exorbitance is excess in demands, and especially in pecuniary demands upon others. Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality. Surplus is neutral, having none of the unfavorable meaning that often attaches to excess; a surplus is that which remains over after all demands are met. Redundance or redundancy refers chiefly to literary style, denoting an excess of words or matter. Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc.

   Antonyms:
   dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

   Synonyms:
   dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, wastefulness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. waste

   Antonyms:
   restore, repair, conserve, preserve, perpetuate, protect, husband, economize, utilize, hoard, treasure, accumulate, enrich, flourish, luxuriate, multiply, augment, develop

   Synonyms:
   ruin, destroy, devastate, impair, consume, squander, dissipate, throw away, diminish, impair, lavish, desolate, pine, decay, attenuate, dwindle, shrivel, wither, wane

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Discard
   • Enfeeble
   • Improvidence
   • Kill
   • Run
   • Use

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. waste, waste material, waste matter, waste productnoun

   any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

   "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, economize, conserve, economise, husband

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, barren, permissive waste, wasteland, waste matter, dissipation, waste material, wastefulness

2. waste, wastefulness, dissipationnoun

   useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

   "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, conserve, economise, economize, husband

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, licentiousness, barren, permissive waste, dissolution, profligacy, wasteland, looseness, waste matter, dissipation, waste material, wastefulness

3. thriftlessness, waste, wastefulnessnoun

   the trait of wasting resources

   "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, economize, economise, husband, conserve

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, waste matter, barren, wasteland, waste material, dissipation, permissive waste, wastefulness

4. barren, waste, wastelandnoun

   an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

   "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, husband, economise, conserve, economize

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, barren, permissive waste, wastefulness, waste matter, dissipation, waste material, wasteland

5. waste, permissive wasteadjective

   (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, husband, economize, conserve, economise

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, barren, permissive waste, wasteland, waste matter, dissipation, waste material, wastefulness

6. godforsaken, waste, wildverb

   located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

   "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, husband, economize, conserve, economise

   Synonyms:
   furious, wild, dotty, savage, risky, barbarian, tempestuous, raving mad, violent, idle, hazardous, uncivilised, fantastic, untamed, raging, groundless, angry, barbaric, crazy, godforsaken, unfounded, baseless, uncivilized, gaga, unwarranted

7. waste, blow, squanderverb

   spend thoughtlessly; throw away

   "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, economize, husband, conserve, economise

   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, fumble, shove along, flub, fellate, desolate, ball up, bluster, do in, run off, bollocks, macerate, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, 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, bodge

8. wasteverb

   use inefficiently or inappropriately

   "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, economize, conserve, husband, economise

   Synonyms:
   run off, emaciate, blow, scourge, neutralise, devastate, ravage, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, languish, liquidate, squander, pine away, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to

9. wasteverb

   get rid of

   "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, conserve, economise, husband, economize

   Synonyms:
   run off, emaciate, blow, scourge, neutralise, devastate, ravage, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, languish, liquidate, squander, pine away, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to

10. waste, run offverb

    run off as waste

    "The water wastes back into the ocean"

    Antonyms:
    hospitable, conserve, husband, economize, economise

    Synonyms:
    rot, elope, ravage, decamp, neutralise, liquidate, go off, drive off, neutralize, beetle off, absquatulate, bolt, scourge, lay waste to, bolt out, drive out, turn back, do in, xerox, macerate, run out, chase away, make off, drive away, blow, squander, languish, devastate, dispel, emaciate, photocopy, pine away, knock off, abscond, desolate, ware, consume, run off

11. neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do inverb

    get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

    "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

    Antonyms:
    hospitable, economise, conserve, husband, economize

    Synonyms:
    rot, cop, nullify, ravage, hook, neutralise, fling off, shave, liquidate, ware, neutralize, countervail, blow, scourge, lay waste to, counteract, dash off, snitch, desolate, thieve, do in, macerate, scratch off, counterbalance, toss off, squander, languish, negate, devastate, pay off, emaciate, drop, pine away, knock off, consume, glom, run off

12. consume, squander, waste, wareverb

    spend extravagantly

    "waste not, want not"

    Antonyms:
    hospitable, economize, economise, husband, conserve

    Synonyms:
    languish, exhaust, take in, eat up, neutralise, rot, liquidate, ware, neutralize, down, blow, scourge, take, lay waste to, use up, desolate, do in, macerate, ingest, eat, run through, go through, squander, wipe out, ravage, have, devastate, emaciate, pine away, knock off, devour, consume, deplete, run off

13. pine away, waste, languishverb

    lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

    "After her husband died, she just pined away"

    Antonyms:
    hospitable, economise, conserve, husband, economize

    Synonyms:
    run off, emaciate, ache, blow, scourge, neutralise, devastate, yen, ravage, pine, neutralize, desolate, yearn, consume, macerate, ware, languish, liquidate, squander, pine away, do in, rot, fade, knock off, lay waste to

14. waste, emaciate, macerateverb

    cause to grow thin or weak

    "The treatment emaciated him"

    Antonyms:
    hospitable, conserve, husband, economise, economize

    Synonyms:
    run off, emaciate, blow, scourge, neutralise, devastate, ravage, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, languish, liquidate, squander, pine away, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to

15. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeverb

    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

    "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

    Antonyms:
    hospitable, conserve, economize, husband, economise

    Synonyms:
    harry, scourge, emaciate, flagellate, abandon, blow, forsake, run off, devastate, desert, neutralise, pine away, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, depopulate, languish, liquidate, squander, ravage, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to

16. waste, rotverb

    become physically weaker

    "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

    Antonyms:
    hospitable, economize, economise, husband, conserve

    Synonyms:
    moulder, run off, emaciate, blow, molder, scourge, decompose, neutralise, devastate, ravage, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, languish, liquidate, squander, pine away, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to

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1. wasteadjective

   Synonyms:
   refuse, rejected, unused, unproductive, untilled, inarable, worthless, desolate, devastated, stripped, ravaged, pillaged, superfluous, exuberant, unnecessary, excrementitious

2. wastenoun

   Synonyms:
   wasting, squandering, dissipation, decrement, prodigality, wilderness, wild, desert, remnants, offal, recrement, garbage, refuse, rubbish, desolation, devastation rapine, ravage, havoc, destruction, sacking, pillage, despoliation

3. wasteverb

   Synonyms:
   squander, misspend, fritter away, dissipate, dawdle, desolate, devastate, despoil, sack, pillage, ravage, strip, decline, decay, pine, wither, dwindle, molder

How to use waste in a sentence?

1. Sir Walter Besant:

   Youth is a wonderful thing what a crime to waste it on children.

2. Simon Hare:

   One of the challenges facing people wishing to volunteer responsibly is that there is no independent quality standard, no recognized regulatory body, there are small local outfits as well as big corporations who see volunteering as a way of driving profits rather than an integral part of a long term strategy for communities with real needs. At best this can make volunteering a waste of time and at worst it can actually be harmful.

3. Ian Davies:

   People use water on board for flushing toilets and washing their hands. We said,' if there's a way we can utilize( the water byproduct from the cells), let's do it.' We're looking at a no-waste solution.

4. Serge Dedina:

   We were told on Aug. 4 by highest level American officials that the Mexican federal government has abandoned its effort to support this issue, the U.S. government has to step up and help us stop this toxic waste and toxic sewage from coming across Border Patrol union leaders.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Share traders can go off to sleep as nothing major will happen in the stock market until the last one hour of session today. Don't waste time and strain your eyes before the computer screen. Market will fall father as it appears

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