Synonyms for squander
ˈskwɒn dərsquan·der

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1. squanderverb

   Synonyms:
   waste, splurge, ducks and drakes, throw away

2. squanderverb

   To waste, lavish, splurge

   Synonyms:
   throw away, ducks and drakes, waste, splurge

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1. squander

   Synonyms:
   disperse, dissipate, divide, parcel, portion, scatter, spend, waste

   Antonyms:
   accumulate, aggregate, amass, collect, gather, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, store up

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1. squander

   Synonyms:
   waste, dissipate, spend wastefully

   Antonyms:
   save, conserve, be frugal

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1. 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, bodge

2. consume, 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

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1. squanderverb

   Synonyms:
   spend (profusely), lavish, expend, waste, lose, dissipate, run out, throw away, muddle away

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1. List of paraphrases for "squander":

   waste

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1. Seth Moulton:

   There will be a lot of lawmakers who just want to repair their local potholes or old bridges rather than invest in 21st century technology, we can't squander a generational opportunity by investing in the last generation's infrastructure.

2. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   Many people take for granted that they always have and always will have the right to vote, but shedding doubt on that may be enough to make people realize that they shouldn’t squander their votes.

3. George Sand:

   Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.

4. Benjamin Franklin:

   Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

5. Todd Fithian:

   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.