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squandering

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of squandering

given to spending money freely or foolishly

the nightclubʼs ridiculous prices seem geared to squandering revelers with more money than sense

Synonyms of squandering

extravagant, high-rolling, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful

Words Related to squandering

improvident, myopic, shortsighted

bighearted, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, freehearted, generous, lavish, liberal, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic (also philanthropical), unselfish, unsparing, unstinting

careless, heedless, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwise

indulgent, reckless, self-indulgent, splurging, wanton

Near Antonyms of squandering

cheap, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, pinching, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted

careful, judicious, prudent, sensible, wise

farsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughtful, provident

Antonyms of squandering

conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, penny-pinching, scrimping, skimping, thrifty

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