Synonyms of misspend

misspend

verb

as in to spend

to use up carelessly

warned that a childhood spent hanging around indoors was a misspent youth indeed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spend
• lose
• waste
• squander
• throw away
• lavish
• run through
• dissipate
• blow
• trifle (away)
• splurge
• consume
• fritter (away)
• fiddle away
• play ducks and drakes with
• expend
• make ducks and drakes of
• deplete
• impoverish
• indulge
• exhaust
• disburse
• overspend
• overindulge
• lay out
• shoot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserve
• economize
• protect
• save
• preserve
• skimp
• scrimp
• hoard
• lay up