| Main Entry: | wastefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wildness |
| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance of something |
Synonyms: |
balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness |
Antonyms: |
dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want |
| 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 |
| 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, lost opportunity, misapplication, misuse, overdoing, prodigality, ravage, ruin, squander, 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: |
hoarding, saving |
| Main Entry: | improvidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
Synonyms: |
carelessness, neglect, shortsightedness, waste, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | inefficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incompetence |
Synonyms: |
carelessness, disorganization, inability, incapability, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | lavishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
Synonyms: |
dissipation, indulgence, squandering, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | extravagancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excess |
Synonyms: |
excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagantness, inordinateness, lavishness, overabundance, overindulgence, overplus, overspending, plethora, prodigality, profuseness, profusion, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit, unreasonableness, waste, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | prodigality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wastefulness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | profligacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wastefulness, wildness |