Synonyms of wasting

wasting 1 of 2

adjective

as in wasteful

Related Words

• wasteful
• squandering
• profligate
• dissipating
• prodigal
• spendthrift
• frittering
• splurging
• unthrifty
• kindly
• magnanimous
• thriftless
• compassionate
• humanitarian
• hospitable
• philanthropic
• benevolent
• profuse
• openhearted
• extravagant
• overgenerous
• lavish
• beneficent
• good-hearted
• greathearted
• unselfish
• selfless
• handsome
• altruistic
• free
• bountiful
• generous
• unstinting
• bounteous
• liberal
• munificent
• openhanded
• charitable
• unsparing
• freehanded

Dissimilar Words

• spare
• sparing
• cheap
• saving
• miserly
• mean
• stingy
• pinching
• close
• parsimonious
• tight
• ungenerous
• penurious
• uncharitable
• careful
• conserving
• tightfisted
• chintzy
• economical
• chary
• thrifty
• frugal
• stinting
• mingy
• penny-pinching
• closefisted
• small
• pinchpenny
• selfish
• desirous
• greedy
• economizing
• skimping
• sordid
• avaricious
• grasping
• shabby
• scrimping
• covetous
• hoggish
• avid
• acquisitive
• mercenary
• rapacious
• itchy
• coveting

wasting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of waste

1

as in spending

to use up carelessly

he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spending
• losing
• squandering
• lavishing
• dissipating
• running through
• blowing
• trifling (away)
• throwing away
• misspending
• frittering (away)
• consuming
• fiddling away
• depleting
• playing ducks and drakes with
• expending
• exhausting
• impoverishing
• overspending
• splurging
• indulging
• disbursing
• overindulging
• shooting
• laying out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserving
• protecting
• saving
• preserving
• economizing
• skimping
• scrimping
• hoarding
• laying up

2

as in destroying

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

one country attempting to waste another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• ruining
• demolishing
• wrecking
• shattering
• devastating
• smashing
• damaging
• overcoming
• extinguishing
• eroding
• vaporizing
• annihilating
• totaling
• decimating
• crippling
• pulverizing
• marring
• ravaging
• wracking
• tearing down
• killing
• creaming
• removing
• blasting
• razing
• crushing
• pulling down
• defeating
• breaking
• nuking
• rubbing out
• dismantling
• doing in
• spoiling
• impairing
• injuring
• harming
• desolating
• subduing
• trimming
• licking
• conquering
• deteriorating
• mastering
• scouring
• disintegrating
• prevailing (over)
• surmounting
• dissolving
• mutilating
• whipping
• eradicating
• clobbering
• winning (against)
• routing
• thrashing
• defacing
• wearing (away)
• beating
• undoing
• dynamiting
• mangling
• disfiguring
• plundering
• gutting
• besting
• vitiating
• obliterating
• triumphing (over)
• sweeping (away)
• slaughtering
• murdering
• assassinating
• disassembling
• trashing
• walloping
• exterminating
• liquidating
• vandalizing
• despoiling
• blowing up
• sacking
• washing out
• trampling
• extirpating
• scotching
• looting
• trouncing
• executing
• wiping out
• expunging
• overmatching
• taking down
• overbearing
• pillaging
• zapping
• cutting down
• effacing
• dispatching
• massacring
• stamping (out)
• unmaking
• blotting out
• slaying
• drubbing
• butchering
• rooting (out)
• killing off
• skunking
• dilapidating
• felling
• taking out
• snuffing (out)
• mowing (down)
• unbuilding
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• raising
• creating
• repairing
• erecting
• fixing
• setting up
• making
• producing
• rearing
• putting up
• inventing
• forming
• manufacturing
• shaping
• saving
• assembling
• establishing
• forging
• organizing
• protecting
• fashioning
• framing
• patching
• preserving
• molding
• constituting
• revamping
• fabricating
• conserving
• instituting
• bringing about
• reconditioning
• mending
• doctoring
• founding
• restoring
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• remodeling
• fathering
• renovating

3

as in weakening

to diminish the physical strength of

endless months of inactivity wasted him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weakening
• softening
• tiring
• exhausting
• sapping
• hurting
• injuring
• damaging
• debilitating
• depleting
• enervating
• paralyzing
• crippling
• impairing
• enfeebling
• devitalizing
• disabling
• prostrating
• harming
• depressing
• etiolating
• impoverishing
• incapacitating
• hamstringing
• grinding (down)
• wearing out
• washing out
• laying up
• wearing down
• invaliding
• unmanning
• breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthening
• fortifying
• recruiting
• energizing
• invigorating
• hardening
• rejuvenating
• beefing (up)
• seasoning
• vitalizing
• toughening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wasting

Verb

Ahead of the hearing, Fishback started speaking to his followers in the room, saying in part that Collins was wasting taxpayer money on the case. — Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Without clear governance, agents roam aimlessly through data warehouses looking for credible information, then check the results after the fact — wasting time and tokens, and generating inconsistent actions. — Sumeet Agrawal, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Instead, starting later this year, the muscle-wasting disease will be added to the panel of diseases that all newborns are tested for, with complete coverage expected next year. — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 20 July 2026

Fox was just being Fox — speedy, but always steady — not wasting a second en route to glory. — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 20 July 2026

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders don’t seem to care one bit about wasting time blotting with a sweat-wicking sheet or tissue before reapplying. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 July 2026

Propose a cleaner handoff, protect a focus block, or remove one step that keeps wasting everyone’s time. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

In addition to following the strict Laws of the Game, keeping up with professional athletes and embracing their new technology, referees are also cracking down on time-wasting. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

The Dodgers’ problems were compounded by Alex Call wasting the team’s two challenges in his at-bat in the first inning when the team had already taken the lead. — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026