Antonyms for utilize
ˈyut lˌaɪzuti·lize

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1. utilize

   Antonyms:
   dissipate, waste, squander, sacrifice, lose

   Synonyms:
   localize, economize, husband

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1. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb

   put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

   "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

   Synonyms:
   lend oneself, use, practice, give, hold, utilise, put on, employ, engage, hire, enforce, implement, expend, go for, apply, habituate

2. utilizeverb

   convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

   Synonyms:
   apply, use, employ, utilise

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1. utilizeverb

   Synonyms:
   use, employ, exploit

How to use utilize in a sentence?

1. Kris Pilcher:

   I enjoy witnessing a student come in on day one with no idea of what we're talking about, then seeing them use a chop saw or utilize a computer to program a banana to play a piano on day three.

2. The DHS official:

   As those technologies become available and can be incorporated as appropriate, it gives the agency the flexibility to utilize them. And then it also would give the agency the authority down the road, as new technologies become available and are reliable, secure, etc., to pivot to using those, as well.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   The United States will continue to utilize every economic and political means at our disposal to help the Venezuelan people, using sanctions, visa revocations and other means, we pledge to hold the regime and those propping it up accountable for their corruption and their repression of democracy.

4. Pam Gay:

   There were never any missing organs, the lab that does our autopsies has the organs. Coroner's offices don't always have a morgue or a forensic pathologist. We contract those services out. We utilize a team in Allentown. That's who retains the specimens. They don't always tell us what they retain. We made that clear to the family from the beginning.

5. Tommy Potter:

   The production company that has been working with us for Discovery has been very good about letting us do our job, so if it means having to put information out there for the public, utilize our crime lines here in the area — they want us to do that. They understand the investigation is first and foremost. That’s the priority. Then everything else is secondary to that.

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