waste - English Synonyms Dictionary

waste

v.
[1] squander , misuse , throw away , fritter away , misspend , splurge , dissipate , (Slang) blow
[2] waste away , diminish , deteriorate , dwindle , decline , decay , atrophy , wither , shrink , weaken , become debilitated , fade , become enervated/enfeebled , regress , ebb , sink
[3] enervate , enfeeble , emaciate , gnaw , destroy , consume , debilitate , exhaust , disable
[4] assassinate , murder , kill , (Slang) put away , rub out , (US) ice
[5] blow , squander
[6] run off
[7] neutralize , neutralise , liquidate , knock off , do in
[8] consume , squander , ware
[9] pine away , languish
[10] emaciate , macerate
[11] lay waste to , devastate , desolate , ravage , scourge
[12] rot
n.
[1] waste material , waste matter , waste product
[2] wastefulness , dissipation
[3] thriftlessness , wastefulness
[4] barren , wasteland
[5] permissive waste , misuse , misapplication , squandering , dissipation , misemployment , abuse , neglect
[6] wasting , extravagance , prodigality , wastefulness , squandering , indulgence , lavishness , profligacy , dissoluteness , improvidence , overindulgence
[7] refuse , rubbish , garbage , dregs , debris , leavings , scrap , offscourings , sweepings , litter , (Archaic) orts , (US/Canadian) trash
[8] wasteland , desert , wilderness , barrens , wilds , emptiness , vastness
adj.
[1] extra , leftover , unused , superfluous , worthless , useless
[2] barren , unproductive , unusable , unsalvageable , useless , unrecyclable , unprofitable , worthless
[3] lay waste , devastate , destroy , demolish , despoil , ruin , wreck , ravage , pillage , sack , plunder , loot , rob , strip , spoil , gut , ransack , wreak havoc (up)on , crush , raze , annihilate , eradicate , extirpate , wipe out
[4] godforsaken , wild