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| 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 |
| Notes: | wastage is loss through use such as wear, leakage, or decay; the gradual process of wasting; or an amount that is wasted -- while waste is loss through carelessness, inefficiency, or ignorance or another word for garbage or rubbish |
| 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: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land that is uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | barren, bog, brush, bush, desert, fen, jungle, marsh, moor, quagmire, solitude, swamp, tundra, void, wasteland, wild, wilderness, badlands, brushland, dust bowl, marshland, wilds |
| Antonyms: | development |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, pillage, rape, ravage, raze, reduce, sack, spoil, wreak havoc, depredate, lay waste, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | build, create, preserve |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage, refuse |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, excess, hogwash*, junk, litter, offal, rubbish, rubble, ruins, rummage, scrap, slop, swill, trash, dreck, leavings, leftovers, offscourings, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse [more]., cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander [more]., "waste its sweetness on the desert air " [Gray]; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a weel; labor in vain (useless) [more]; cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve., leak (run out) [more]; run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up.
-adjectives
wasted; at a low ebb., wasteful (prodigal) [more]; penny wise and pound foolish.
-phrases
magno conatu magnas nugas; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle; "idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith].
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| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat up*, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze*, clobber*, conquer, cream*, deck*, drub*, exceed, excel, floor*, knock off*, lambaste, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shut down, surpass, take down*, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax*, whip*, wipe*, wipe out, zap*, KO, flax, get the better of, let have it, shoot down*, take care of, triumph over, whomp, whop, wipe the floor with |
| Antonyms: | lose, relent, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devouring; use |
| Synonyms: | burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, waste, wear and tear, drinking, using up, utilization |
| Antonyms: | starvation, fasting |
| Main Entry: | corrode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wear away; eat away |
| Synonyms: | bite, canker, consume, corrupt, destroy, deteriorate, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, waste |
| Antonyms: | aid, build, fortify, help |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| 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: | desecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, violate |
| Synonyms: | befoul, blaspheme, contaminate, defile, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, dishonor, mess up*, pervert, pillage, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, sack*, spoil, waste, commit sacrilege, depredate, make lose face, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | honor, praise, sanctify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barren, uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, waste, wild, untilled |
| Antonyms: | fertile, productive, cultivated |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
| Synonyms: | desecrate, despoil, devastate, devour, pillage, plunder, ruin, sack, waste, depopulate, depredate, lay low, lay waste, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | despoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
| Synonyms: | denude, deprive, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, rifle, rob, sack, spoil, strip, vandalize, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, depopulate, depredate, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devastate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, destroy |
| Synonyms: | desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, stamp out*, total*, trash*, waste, wreck, depredate, do one in, lay waste, spoliate, take apart, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, enrich, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devastation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destruction |
| Synonyms: | confusion, demolition, depredation, desolation, havoc, loss, pillage, plunder, ruin, waste, defoliation, ravages, ruination, spoliation |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, creation |
| Main Entry: | devour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swallow, consume |
| Synonyms: | absorb, annihilate, appreciate, bolt, cram*, delight in, destroy, dispatch, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feed on, go through, gobble, gorge*, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, inhale, pig out*, polish off*, ravage, relish, spend, stuff, take, take in, waste, wipe out, wolf*, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt down, chow down, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, feast on, gloat over, hoover, partake of, rejoice in, revel in, scarf down, use up, wolf down |
| Antonyms: | abstain, pick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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