| Main Entry: | misspend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squander |
Synonyms: |
blow*, exhaust, fritter away, lavish, waste |
| Main Entry: | dissipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expend, spend |
Synonyms: |
be wasteful with, blow*, burn up, consume, deplete, dump*, fritter away, indulge oneself, kiss goodbye, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, squander, throw away, trifle away, use up, waste |
Antonyms: |
accumulate, collect, gather, hoard, save |
| Main Entry: | fritter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away |
Synonyms: |
be wasteful with, blow*, cast away, consume, dally, diddle away, dissipate, frivol, go through*, idle, lavish, misspend, run through, spend like water, squander, throw away, trifle |
Antonyms: |
hold, save, store |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be deprived of; mislay |
Synonyms: |
be careless, be impoverished, be reduced, become poorer, bereave, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, fail to keep, fall short, forfeit, forget, give up, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, pass up, relinquish, rob, sacrifice, squander, suffer, suffer loss, surrender, use up, waste, yield |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
Antonyms: |
hold on to, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | misappropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly; steal |
Synonyms: |
abuse, appropriate, defalcate, embezzle, misapply, misspend, misuse, peculate, plunder, pocket, rob, swindle |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, use wisely |
| Main Entry: | spend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, pay out |
Synonyms: |
absorb, allocate, ante up, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty, evote, exhaust, expend, foot the bill, fritter, give, hand out, invest, lavish, lay out, liquidate, misspend, outlay, pay down, pay up, put in, run through, settle, shell out, spring for, squander, throw away, use, use up, waste |
Antonyms: |
earn, get, receive |
| Main Entry: | squander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fritter away, use up |
Synonyms: |
be prodigal with, be wasteful, blow*, cash out, consume, dissipate, expend, frivol, frivol away, go through, lavish, misspend, misuse, prodigalize, put out, run through, scatter, spend, spend like water, spring for, throw away, throw money around, trifle, waste |
Antonyms: |
hoard, save, set aside |
| Main Entry: | fritter away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste |
Synonyms: |
blow*, deplete, diddle away, dissipate, fribble away, fritter, gamble away, misspend, run through, spend foolishly, squander, throw away, trifle away |