What is another word for dissipation?
Synonyms for dissipation
ˌdɪs əˈpeɪ ʃəndis·si·pa·tion
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word dissipation.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
dissipation
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.
Synonyms:
excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulnessAntonyms:
dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want
Princeton's WordNet
dissipationnoun
breaking up and scattering by dispersion
"the dissipation of the mist"
Synonyms:
wastefulness, profligacy, licentiousness, waste, looseness, dissolutionprofligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, loosenessnoun
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Synonyms:
looseness, waste, adjournment, prodigality, dissolution, wastefulness, diarrhea, play, looseness of the bowels, dissolving, licentiousness, extravagance, wantonness, profligacy, breakup, diarrhoea, disintegrationwaste, 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"
Synonyms:
waste product, thriftlessness, licentiousness, barren, permissive waste, dissolution, profligacy, wasteland, looseness, waste matter, waste material, wastefulness, waste
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dissipationnoun
Synonyms:
dispersion, scattering, vanishingdissipationnoun
Synonyms:
waste, squanderingdissipationnoun
Synonyms:
dissoluteness, profligacy, excess
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dissipationnoun
Synonyms:
dispersion, scattering, profligacy, dissoluteness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dissipation":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#516 | play | |
#1980 | waste | |
#4133 | excess | |
#7783 | surplus | |
#9691 | absorption | |
#14465 | dispersion | |
#16133 | redundancy | |
#16627 | diarrhea | |
#17507 | dissolution | |
#21913 | adjournment | |
#24547 | barren | |
#25972 | dissipation | |
#28460 | dispersal | |
#29142 | breakup | |
#29478 | wasteland | |
#35761 | diarrhoea | |
#38113 | disintegration | |
#41363 | dissolving | |
#56214 | profusion | |
#59392 | extravagance | |
#84072 | dissipating | |
#112127 | intemperance | |
#120029 | looseness | |
#160707 | licentiousness | |
#176964 | profligacy | |
#180433 | wantonness | |
#217114 | superfluity | |
#243467 | wastefulness | |
#260290 | superabundance | |
#284758 | prodigality | |
#316834 | lavishness |
How to use dissipation in a sentence?
It adds to the disconcerting trend seen in other manufacturing sector indicators that have been consistently pointing to a lingering stagnation in U.S. manufacturing sector activity, while we believe that the dissipation of the various headwinds buffeting this sector should result in a meaningful rebound later this year, the timing of this seems farther into the horizon.
The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is -- a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.
Translations for dissipation
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for dissipation »
Translation
Find a translation for the dissipation synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"dissipation." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/dissipation>.
Discuss these dissipation synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In