Synonyms for waste
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1. waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product(noun)

   any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

   "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, barren, permissive waste, wasteland, waste matter, dissipation, waste material, wastefulness

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, economize, conserve, economise, husband

2. waste, wastefulness, dissipation(noun)

   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, dissipation, waste material, wastefulness

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, conserve, economise, economize, husband

3. thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness(noun)

   the trait of wasting resources

   "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, waste matter, barren, wasteland, waste material, dissipation, permissive waste, wastefulness

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, economize, economise, husband, conserve

4. barren, waste, wasteland(noun)

   an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

   "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, barren, permissive waste, wastefulness, waste matter, dissipation, waste material, wasteland

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, husband, economise, conserve, economize

5. waste, permissive waste(adj)

   (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

   Synonyms:
   waste product, thriftlessness, barren, permissive waste, wasteland, waste matter, dissipation, waste material, wastefulness

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, husband, economize, conserve, economise

6. godforsaken, waste, wild(verb)

   located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

   "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"

   Synonyms:
   furious, wild, dotty, savage, risky, barbarian, tempestuous, raving mad, violent, idle, hazardous, uncivilised, fantastic, untamed, raging, groundless, angry, barbaric, crazy, godforsaken, unfounded, baseless, uncivilized, gaga, unwarranted

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, husband, economize, conserve, economise

7. waste, blow, squander(verb)

   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, fumble, shove along, flub, fellate, desolate, ball up, bluster, do in, run off, bollocks, macerate, mess up, shove off, louse up, squander, 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

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, economize, husband, conserve, economise

8. waste(verb)

   use inefficiently or inappropriately

   "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

   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. waste(verb)

   get rid of

   "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"

   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. waste, run off(verb)

    run off as waste

    "The water wastes back into the ocean"

    Synonyms:
    rot, elope, ravage, decamp, neutralise, liquidate, go off, drive off, neutralize, beetle off, absquatulate, bolt, scourge, lay waste to, bolt out, 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. neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in(verb)

    get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

    "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

    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, run off

    Antonyms:
    hospitable, economise, conserve, husband, economize

12. consume, squander, waste, ware(verb)

    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, 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. pine away, waste, languish(verb)

    lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

    "After her husband died, she just pined away"

    Synonyms:
    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. waste, emaciate, macerate(verb)

    cause to grow thin or weak

    "The treatment emaciated him"

    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, husband, economise, economize

15. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge(verb)

    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

    "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

    Synonyms:
    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. waste, rot(verb)

    become physically weaker

    "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

    Synonyms:
    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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 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:
   dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, wastefulness

   Antonyms:
   dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. waste

   Synonyms:
   ruin, destroy, devastate, impair, consume, squander, dissipate, throw away, diminish, impair, lavish, desolate, pine, decay, attenuate, dwindle, shrivel, wither, wane

   Antonyms:
   restore, repair, conserve, preserve, perpetuate, protect, husband, economize, utilize, hoard, treasure, accumulate, enrich, flourish, luxuriate, multiply, augment, develop

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. waste(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey upon, wear away

2. waste(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   consume (foolishly), spend, expend, squander, dissipate, lose, misspend, misuse, fool away, fritter away, muddle away

3. waste(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   destroy, desolate, ravage, pillage, plunder, strip, ruin, spoil, devastate, sack, devour

4. waste(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   dwindle, wither, pine, perish, decay, be diminished, waste away

5. waste(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   swale, melt (as a candle), sweal, consume

6. waste(a.)

   Synonyms:
   destroyed, ruined, ravaged, spoiled, devastated, desolated

7. waste(a.)

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncultivated, bare, untitled

8. waste(a.)

   Synonyms:
   worthless, refuse

9. waste(n.)

   Synonyms:
   consumption, loss, diminution, decrement, expenditure, wasting, dissipation

10. waste(n.)

    Synonyms:
    squandering, wanton destruction, loss

11. waste(n.)

    Synonyms:
    devastation, ravage, ruin, rapine, destruction, desolation, pillage, havoc

12. waste(n.)

    Synonyms:
    refuse, worthless matter

13. waste(n.)

    Synonyms:
    wild, wilderness, desert, solitude, lonely place, deserted region

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. waste(a)

   Synonyms:
   refuse, rejected, unused, unproductive, untilled, inarable, worthless, desolate, devastated, stripped, ravaged, pillaged, superfluous, exuberant, unnecessary, excrementitious

2. waste(n)

   Synonyms:
   wasting, squandering, dissipation, decrement, prodigality, wilderness, wild, desert, remnants, offal, recrement, garbage, refuse, rubbish, desolation, devastation rapine, ravage, havoc, destruction, sacking, pillage, despoliation

3. waste(v)

   Synonyms:
   squander, misspend, fritter away, dissipate, dawdle, desolate, devastate, despoil, sack, pillage, ravage, strip, decline, decay, pine, wither, dwindle, molder

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1. List of paraphrases:

   wastes, debris, residues, wastage, garbage, residue, scrap, wasting, rubbish, refuse, wastefulness, lose, déchets, litter, squandering, loss, offal, residual, squander, trash, tailings, profligacy, junk, wastewater, losing

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How to use waste in a sentence?

1. Mike Pompeo:

   Our two countries face a pivotal moment in our relationship in which it could be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to waste.

2. Jeremy Wyatt:

   Do n’t waste your time surfing, call 911.

3. Otis Brawley:

   I've seen many people waste thousands of dollars.

4. William Gibson:

   The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.

5. Siddharth Astir:

   Waste is the word coined by mankind to hide their incapabilities & unawareness to use something usefully

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