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| Main Entry: | squander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fritter away, use up |
| Synonyms: | blow*, consume, dissipate, expend, go through, lavish, misspend, misuse, put out*, run through, scatter, spend, throw away, trifle, waste, be prodigal with, be wasteful, cash out, frivol, frivol away, prodigalize, spend like water, spring for, throw money around |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save, set aside |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deplete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bleed*, decrease, diminish, drain, draw, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk*, reduce, sap, spend, squander, undermine, waste, weaken, dig into, dry up, suck dry, use up, wash up |
| Antonyms: | add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, bottom line*, charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback*, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste, cash on barrelhead, come to*, outgo, spending |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extravagance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indulgence; waste |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, folly, frill, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, overindulgence, preposterousness, profusion, recklessness, squander, superfluity, icing on the cake, immoderation, outrageousness, overdoing, overspending, prodigality, profligacy, squandering, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, wastefulness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | economy, moderation, providence, saving, thrift, thriftiness |
| Main Entry: | fritter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away |
| Synonyms: | blow*, consume, dally, dissipate, go through*, idle, lavish, misspend, run through*, squander, throw away, trifle, be wasteful with, cast away, diddle away, frivol, spend like water |
| Antonyms: | hold, save, store |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lavish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pamper, shower |
| Synonyms: | deluge, dissipate, expend, fritter, give, go through, heap, pour, run through*, scatter, spend, squander, waste, be generous, be wasteful, spend money like water, thrust upon |
| Antonyms: | economize, hoard, limit, starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse; apply wrongly |
| Synonyms: | blow*, corrupt, cut up, desecrate, dissipate, exploit, go through, maltreat, maul, mess up*, misapply, mistreat, molest, outrage, pervert, profane, prostitute, run through*, shake up, squander, waste, wrong, brutalize, handle roughly, ill-treat, misemploy |
| Antonyms: | use correctly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up; waste |
| Synonyms: | blow, consume, dissipate, exhaust, expend, finish, lose, spend, squander, throw away, fritter away, wash up |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save |
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
| Synonyms: | coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally*, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around*, fritter, horse around*, idle, loiter, lounge, misuse, monkey, palter, play, putter, squander, string along*, toy, wanton, waste, waste time, amuse oneself, be insincere, fool with, fribble*, futz around, indulge in, lead on, lollygag, mess with, monkey with, philander, play games with, play with, potter, twiddle, use up, wink at* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
| Synonyms: | absorb, apply, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, go, go through, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, put away, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, waste, wear out, avail oneself of, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, have recourse to, preoccupy, profit by, put to use, run out of, wash up |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, store, not use |
| Main Entry: | dissipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expend, spend |
| Synonyms: | blow*, consume, deplete, dump*, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, squander, throw away, waste, be wasteful with, burn up*, fritter away, indulge oneself, kiss goodbye, trifle away, use up |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, gather, hoard, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be deprived of; mislay |
| Synonyms: | bereave, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, forfeit, forget, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, relinquish, rob, sacrifice, squander, suffer, surrender, waste, yield, be careless, be impoverished, be reduced, become poorer, fail to keep, fall short, give up, pass up, suffer loss, use up |
| Antonyms: | keep, maintain, hold on to |
| Main Entry: | spend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, pay out |
| Synonyms: | absorb, allocate, apply, bestow, blow*, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty, exhaust, expend, foot the bill*, fritter, give, hand out, invest, lavish, lay out, liquidate, misspend, outlay, run through, settle, shell out*, squander, throw away, use, waste, ante up, cast away, cough up, evote, pay down, pay up, put in, spring for, use up |
| Antonyms: | earn, get, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spending, use without thought |
| Synonyms: | decay, desolation, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, dissipation, disuse, exhaustion, expenditure, extravagance, fritter*, havoc, improvidence, lavishness, loss, misuse, ravage, ruin, squander, lost opportunity, misapplication, overdoing, prodigality, squandering, unthriftiness, wastage, wastefulness |
| Antonyms: | saving, hoarding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spend or use without thought; dwindle |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, blow, consume, corrode, crumble, debilitate, decay, decline, decrease, deplete, disable, disappear, dissipate, divert, drain, droop, ebb, empty, enfeeble, exhaust, fade, gnaw, lavish, lose, misapply, misuse, perish, run through*, sap, sink, splurge, squander, thin, throw away, undermine, wane, wear, wear out, wilt, wither, be of no avail, burn up, eat away, emaciate, fritter away, frivol away, gamble away, go to waste, misemploy, pour down the drain, run dry, trifle away |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly |
| Synonyms: | dissipate, exhaust, mishandle, misuse, overburden, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste, misemploy, overtax |
| Antonyms: | benefit, esteem, prize, respect, revere, care for |
| Main Entry: | eat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erode, wear away; use up |
| Synonyms: | bite, condense, corrode, crumble, decay, decompose, disappear, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, drain, exhaust, gnaw, liquefy, melt, nibble, rot, run through, rust, spill, squander, vanish, waste away |
| Antonyms: | build, maintain, preserve |
| Main Entry: | exhaust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, use up |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, deplete, devour, dispel, disperse, dissipate, drain, draw, dry, eat, eat up*, empty, expend, finish, impoverish, run out, run through, spend, squander, strain, void, waste, bleed dry, suck dry, take last of, wash up |
| Antonyms: | refresh, replenish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
| Synonyms: | consume, deplete, exhaust, spend, squander, pay out |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save, store |
| Main Entry: | spend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use time; occupy |
| Synonyms: | consume, devote, drift, employ, fill, fool around*, fritter, go, idle, kill, misuse, pass, squander, waste, laze, let pass, put in, while away |
| Antonyms: | be lazy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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