waste - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

Synonyms

• dissipation
• waste
• wastefulness

More generic

• activity

More specific

• boondoggle
• extravagance
• high life
• highlife
• lavishness
• prodigality
• squandering
• waste of effort
• waste of energy
• waste of material
• waste of money
• waste of time

Noun

(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

Synonyms

• permissive waste
• waste

More generic

• act
• deed
• human action
• human activity

Noun

the trait of wasting resources

Synonyms

• thriftlessness
• waste
• wastefulness

More generic

• improvidence
• shortsightedness

Noun

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

Synonyms

• barren
• waste
• wasteland

More generic

• wild
• wilderness

More specific

• heath
• heathland

Noun

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

Synonyms

• waste
• waste material
• waste matter
• waste product

More generic

• material
• stuff

More specific

• body waste
• crud
• dross
• effluent
• excrement
• excreta
• excretion
• excretory product
• exhaust
• exhaust fumes
• filth
• food waste
• fumes
• garbage
• impurity
• pollutant
• refuse
• rubbish
• scrap
• scraps
• sewage
• sewer water
• sewerage
• skank
• slop
• toxic industrial waste
• toxic waste
• trash
• wastewater

Verb

become physically weaker

Synonyms

• rot
• waste

More generic

• degenerate
• deteriorate
• devolve
• drop

More specific

• gangrene
• mortify
• necrose
• sphacelate

Verb

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Synonyms

• desolate
• devastate
• lay waste to
• ravage
• scourge
• waste

More generic

• destroy
• ruin

More specific

• ruin

Verb

cause to grow thin or weak

Synonyms

• emaciate
• macerate
• waste

More generic

• debilitate
• drain
• enfeeble

Related

• emaciate

Verb

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

Synonyms

• languish
• pine away
• waste

More generic

• weaken

Verb

spend extravagantly

Synonyms

• consume
• squander
• ware
• waste

More generic

• drop
• expend
• spend

More specific

• dissipate
• drink
• fling
• fool
• fool away
• fritter
• fritter away
• frivol away
• lavish
• luxuriate
• overspend
• shoot
• shower
• splurge
• tope
• wanton

Verb

use inefficiently or inappropriately

Synonyms

• waste

More generic

• apply
• employ
• use
• utilise
• utilize

Verb

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

Synonyms

• do in
• knock off
• liquidate
• neutralise
• neutralize
• waste

More generic

• kill

Verb

run off as waste

Synonyms

• run off
• waste

More generic

• course
• feed
• flow
• run

Verb

get rid of

Synonyms

• waste

More generic

• cast aside
• cast away
• cast out
• chuck out
• discard
• dispose
• fling
• put away
• throw away
• throw out
• toss
• toss away
• toss out

Verb

spend thoughtlessly; throw away

Synonyms

• blow
• squander
• waste

More generic

• expend
• use

Opposite / Antonyms

• conserve

More specific

• burn

Related

• blow

Adjective

located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

Synonyms

• godforsaken
• waste
• wild

Related

• inhospitable

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