8. (verb)waste use inefficiently or inappropriately 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 Antonyms: hospitable, economize, conserve, husband, economise
9. (verb)waste get rid of 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 Antonyms: hospitable, conserve, economise, husband, economize
10. (verb)waste, run off run off as waste Synonyms: rot, elope, ravage, decamp, neutralise, liquidate, go off, drive off, neutralize, beetle off, absquatulate, bolt, scourge, lay waste to, bolt out, waste, 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 Antonyms: hospitable, conserve, husband, economize, economise
11. (verb)neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing 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, waste, run off Antonyms: hospitable, economise, conserve, husband, economize
12. (verb)consume, squander, waste, ware spend extravagantly 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, squander, wipe out, ravage, have, devastate, emaciate, pine away, knock off, devour, consume, deplete, run off Antonyms: hospitable, economize, economise, husband, conserve
13. (verb)pine away, waste, languish lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief Synonyms: waste, 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 Antonyms: hospitable, economise, conserve, husband, economize
14. (verb)waste, emaciate, macerate cause to grow thin or weak Synonyms: waste, 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 Antonyms: hospitable, conserve, husband, economise, economize
15. (verb)lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly Synonyms: waste, 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 Antonyms: hospitable, conserve, economize, husband, economise
16. (verb)waste, rot become physically weaker Synonyms: waste, 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 Antonyms: hospitable, economize, economise, husband, conserve
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'waste'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 expe Synonyms: excess, dissipation, lavishness, redundance, surplus, exorbitance, overplus, redundancy, waste, extravagance, prodigality, superabundance, wastefulness, intemperance, profusion, superfluity Antonyms: dearth, destitution, frugality, lack, scantiness, defect, economy, inadequacy, need, shortcoming, deficiency, failure, insufficiency, poverty, want
Synonyms for waste 
