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Synonyms for dissipate

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To drive away, disperse.

  2. v. 2

    To use up or waste; squander.

  3. v. 3

    To vanish by dispersion.

Related words

Word family
dissipation

Forms

Past participle
dissipated
e.g. dissipated → frittered, consumed, wasted, expended…

Example sentences

  • consume Giraffes consume copious amounts of acacia leaves.
  • expend According to the budget, she could expend no more on supplies.
  • disperse The police hurried to disperse the riots with force.
  • dispel It is prime time to dispel all rumors about me.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dissipatesteady
consumerising
expendfalling
dispersesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
go1
3 letters
fly1
4 letters
fool1
5 letters
spend1, waste1, shoot1
6 letters
lavish2, vanish2, dispel2, expend2
7 letters
consume2, exhaust2, scatter2, fritter2
8 letters
disperse2, squander2
9 letters
disappear3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lavish2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
dissiper
Italiano
dissipare
Español
disipar
Deutsch
vergeuden
Català
dissipar