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squander
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, waste, throw away, trifle (away)Words Related to squander splurge; consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot; indulge, overindulge; disburse, expend, lay outNear Antonyms of squander economize, scrimp, skimp; preserve, protect, save; hoard, lay upAntonyms 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, scatterWords Related to squander break up, isolate, part, segregate, separate, split (up); diffuse, disseminate, diverge, spreadNear Antonyms of squander agglutinate, conglomerate; unify, uniteAntonyms of squander assemble, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, gather, ingather
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