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

Children suffering from a condition known as wasting are acutely malnourished, become very thin for their height, and need immediate therapeutic feeding. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Signs your home may be wasting energy There are several signs that your home is wasting energy. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

The heat in your kitchen sends the air conditioning into overdrive, wasting energy and resulting in higher utility bills. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

The rapid buildup underscores how traders are wasting little time betting against one of the biggest hardware beneficiaries of artificial intelligence. — Yun Li, CNBC, 29 July 2026

Trackman has over 500 courses, so instead of wasting reservation time, the staff can provide recommendations to help narrow down the search and get to swinging. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026

But after seven months of testing the technology, many of Lafayette’s officers found the tool was wasting time, not saving it, emails obtained by Forbes show. — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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

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