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squander

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of squander

1 to use up carelessly
  • squandered all her money on a get-rich-quick scheme
Synonyms of squander

blow, dissipate, fiddle away, fritter (away), lavish, lose, misspend, run through, spend, throw away, trifle (away), waste
Words Related to squander

splurge

consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot

indulge, overindulge

disburse, expend, lay out
Phrases Synonymous with squander

play ducks and drakes with (or make ducks and drakes of)
Near Antonyms of squander

economize, scrimp, skimp

preserve, protect, save

hoard, lay up
Antonyms of squander

conserve
2 to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
  • A single blast of the shotgun squandered the herd of deer.
Synonyms of squander

clear out, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter
Words Related to squander

break up, isolate, part, segregate, separate, split (up)

diffuse, disseminate, diverge, spread
Near Antonyms of squander

agglutinate, conglomerate

unify, unite
Antonyms of squander

assemble, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, gather, ingather

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