Synonyms for dissipation
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Dissolution
dissolution, profligacy, excess, debauchery, licentiousness, melting, looseness, dissoluteness
2. Waste
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
- n. 2
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
Related words
- Word family
- distrail
- Phrases
- dissipation trail thermal dissipation power
Forms
- Plural
- dissipations → dissolutions, profligacies, excesses, debaucheries…
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Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- excess The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.
- dissolution Tom and Mary announced the dissolution of their marriage.
- debauchery Charles lived a life of debauchery when he was young.
- profligacy These clubs have never been known for profligacy.
- exhaustion She was afraid she might pass out from exhaustion.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dissipation | steady | |
| excess | falling | |
| dissolution | steady | |
| debauchery | rising | |
| profligacy | rising | |
| wastefulness | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- waste1
- 6 letters
- excess2
- 7 letters
- melting2, debauch
- 9 letters
- looseness
- 10 letters
- exhaustion3, scattering3, dispersion3, debauchery4, profligacy4
- 11 letters
- dissolution4, squandering3, prodigality
- 12 letters
- wastefulness3
- 13 letters
- dissoluteness
- 14 letters
- licentiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excess2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dissipation
- Italiano
- dissipazione