Waste Synonyms and Antonyms

wāst
Refuse
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. possessions
To use without result
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. consume
  2. dissipate
  3. spend
  4. lose
  5. be of no avail
  6. come-to-nothing
  7. go to waste
  8. devour
  9. misuse
  10. throw away
  11. use up
  12. misapply
  13. misemploy
  14. labor in vain
  15. cast-pearls-before-swine
  16. send owls to Athens
  17. carry-coals-to-newcastle
  18. squander
Antonyms:
  1. save
  2. profit
  3. use well
  4. get results
  5. hoard
To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work
(Verb)
To lose strength or power.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. languish
  2. Also used with away: decline
  3. degenerate
  4. deteriorate
  5. fade
  6. fail
  7. flag
  8. pine away
  9. sink
  10. wane
  11. weaken
To fail to take advantage of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lose
  2. miss
To do away with completely and destructively
(Verb)
To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully
(Verb)
Run off as waste
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. run-off
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. permissive waste

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