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squander

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of squander

1 to use up carelessly

squandered all her money gambling in casinos

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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