Synonyms for squander
Definitions
- v. 1
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
Related words
- Word family
- squanderer squandersome
Forms
- Past participle
- squandered
e.g. squandered → wasted, lavished, lost, expended…
Example sentences
- lose This cuttlefish has started to lose its freshness.
- lavish Sami continued to lavish Layla with every attention.
- expend According to the budget, she could expend no more on supplies.
- slather Slather yourself with sunscreen.
By length
- 4 letters
- lose1, born1, blow1, ware1
- 5 letters
- spend1, waste1, spunk1
- 6 letters
- lavish2, expend2
- 7 letters
- consume2, exhaust2, scatter2, splurge1, slather2
- 9 letters
- dissipate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lavish2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dilapider
- Español
- despilfarrar
- Deutsch
- verschleudern
- Català
- dilapidar