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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

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. squander

    Synonyms:
    waste, dissipate, spend wastefully

    Antonyms:
    save, conserve, be frugal

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. squanderverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "squander":

    waste

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How to use squander in a sentence?

  1. Benjamin Franklin:

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

  2. Walter Savage Landor:

    The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

  3. John Gay:

    Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money enough to carry on the daily quarrels of man and wife about who shall squander most?

  4. Rainer Maria Rilke:

    Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted moments.

  5. John Mica:

    Congress has been reluctant to give Amtrak the money because they squander it. They don't have a plan that has milestones and can be seriously considered, we're a Third World country when it comes to passenger rail and we need to look at the alternatives out there.


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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