Synonyms of dissipating

dissipating 1 of 3

adjective

as in wasting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wasting
• wasteful
• squandering
• profligate
• frittering
• spendthrift
• prodigal
• splurging
• magnanimous
• unthrifty
• kindly
• benevolent
• compassionate
• philanthropical
• thriftless
• hospitable
• profuse
• philanthropic
• openhearted
• beneficent
• humanitarian
• extravagant
• overgenerous
• good-hearted
• lavish
• selfless
• unselfish
• altruistic
• unstinting
• greathearted
• openhanded
• bountiful
• handsome
• bounteous
• free
• generous
• charitable
• liberal
• munificent
• unsparing
• freehanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spare
• sparing
• close
• pinching
• cheap
• tight
• saving
• mean
• conserving
• parsimonious
• miserly
• stingy
• uncharitable
• ungenerous
• niggardly
• careful
• tightfisted
• economical
• penurious
• chintzy
• closefisted
• stinting
• chary
• small
• mingy
• frugal
• thrifty
• penny-pinching
• pinchpenny
• grasping
• desirous
• niggard
• economizing
• selfish
• avaricious
• acquisitive
• greedy
• rapacious
• shabby
• sordid
• skimping
• hoggish
• covetous
• scrimping
• avid
• itchy
• mercenary
• coveting

dissipating

2 of 3

noun

as in squandering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squandering
• spendthrift
• improvidence
• wastefulness
• extravagance
• tribute
• prodigality
• lavishness
• gift
• kindness
• selflessness
• gratuity
• generosity
• largess
• beneficence
• openhandedness
• liberality
• unselfishness
• munificence
• kindliness
• lagniappe
• largesse
• bounty
• bountifulness
• philanthropy
• charity
• generousness
• openheartedness
• bigheartedness

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• economy
• tightness
• selfishness
• pinching
• saving
• conserving
• closeness
• meanness
• cheapness
• stinginess
• conservation
• economizing
• managing
• thrift
• parsimony
• miserliness
• providence
• frugality
• husbandry
• scraping
• skimping
• husbanding
• ungenerosity
• penuriousness
• scrimping
• cutting back

dissipating

3 of 3

verb

present participle of dissipate

1

as in dispersing

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart

dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dispersing
• scattering
• dispelling
• squandering
• isolating
• disbanding
• segregating
• diffusing
• separating
• splitting (up)
• disseminating
• clearing out
• spreading
• parting
• diverging
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collecting
• concentrating
• assembling
• gathering
• clustering
• congregating
• agglutinating
• uniting
• ingathering
• unifying
• conglomerating

2

as in spending

to use up carelessly

dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spending
• losing
• wasting
• squandering
• blowing
• running through
• throwing away
• lavishing
• frittering (away)
• trifling (away)
• misspending
• consuming
• depleting
• fiddling away
• playing ducks and drakes with
• making ducks and drakes of
• exhausting
• disbursing
• impoverishing
• expending
• indulging
• overspending
• splurging
• overindulging
• shooting
• laying out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserving
• protecting
• preserving
• economizing
• saving
• skimping
• hoarding
• scrimping
• laying up

3

as in dissolving

to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole

the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dispersing
• dissolving
• disappearing
• fading
• scattering
• evaporating
• disassembling
• melting
• dividing
• spilling
• diverging
• disbanding
• separating
• forking
• fleeing
• branching (out)
• going (away)
• clearing
• breaking up
• evanescing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• meeting
• gathering
• congregating