Synonyms for waste
weɪstwaste

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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

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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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1. waste, waste material, waste matter, waste productnoun

   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, 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, dissipation, waste material, wastefulness

   Antonyms:
   hospitable, conserve, economise, economize, husband

3. thriftlessness, waste, wastefulnessnoun

   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, wastelandnoun

   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 wasteadjective

   (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, wildverb

   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, 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, 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. wasteverb

   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. wasteverb

   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 offverb

    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 inverb

    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, 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, 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, languishverb

    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, macerateverb

    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, scourgeverb

    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, rotverb

    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

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1. sewage

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1. wasteverb

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

2. wasteverb

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

3. wasteverb

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

4. wasteverb

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

5. wasteverb

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

6. wasteadjective

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

7. wasteadjective

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncultivated, bare, untitled

8. wasteadjective

   Synonyms:
   worthless, refuse

9. wastenoun

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

10. wastenoun

    Synonyms:
    squandering, wanton destruction, loss

11. wastenoun

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

12. wastenoun

    Synonyms:
    refuse, worthless matter

13. wastenoun

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

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1. wasteadjective

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

2. wastenoun

   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. wasteverb

   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 for "waste":

   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. Lucas Blanton:

   People thought that specializing in infectious diseases would be a waste of time because they would soon be history.

2. Jerry Nadler:

   I don't think calls for House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler impeachment are premature any more than calls for the President's impeachment were premature, but they are a waste of time at this point.

3. Chuck Schumer:

   The Republican leader should not waste the Senate’s time on another inadequate, partisan proposal and instead should sit down with Democrats to begin a true bipartisan effort to quickly meet the needs of the country.

4. Ahmed Ali:

   We heard from our grandfathers that they used cow dung for heating. But nobody had thought about the camel waste itself.

5. Aref Mohamed:

   We are still using old irrigation techniques, which use mud and soil, and waste water.