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

That the women who show such bravery in speaking out against powerful men are wasting their time because their trauma cannot compete with the power of sport, or the power that sport imparts on its protagonists. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 11 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

The company has also added two defrosters to the system to provide hot air and keep the windows clear without wasting extra energy. — Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Ken Carson isn’t wasting any time capitalizing on the momentum behind xperiment. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 July 2026

Rather than simply reducing power use across the board, the system attempts to identify exactly when machinery is wasting energy and proposes operational changes that can reduce consumption without disrupting productivity. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026

Willis, meanwhile, isn’t wasting anytime preparing to once again command center staged with the group that propelled him to international stardom. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026

China is not wasting any time in getting this plank of the plan off to a robust start, and that matters. — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 June 2026