| 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: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly |
Synonyms: |
dissipate, exhaust, misemploy, mishandle, misuse, overburden, overtax, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
benefit, care for, esteem, prize, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up money |
Synonyms: |
dissipate, lay out, pay out, spend, squander, waste |
Antonyms: |
save |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
Synonyms: |
absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out |
Antonyms: |
accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store |
| Main Entry: | deplete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken |
Antonyms: |
add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
| 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: | 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, bleed dry, deplete, devour, dispel, disperse, dissipate, drain, draw, dry, eat, eat up, empty, expend, finish, impoverish, run out, run through, spend, squander, strain, suck dry, take last of, void, wash up, waste |
Antonyms: |
refresh, replenish |
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
Synonyms: |
amount, application, bottom line, cash on barrelhead, charge, come to, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback, outgo, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, spending, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste |
Antonyms: |
savings |
| Main Entry: | extravagance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indulgence; waste |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, profligacy, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, wastefulness, wildness |
Antonyms: |
economy, moderation, providence, saving, thrift, thriftiness |