waste Synonyms
Another word for waste
• noun (Context 1)
The act of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
"Leaving the lights on all night is a terrible squandering of electricity."
• verb (Context 2)
To use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
"She regretted that she had wasted so much time scrolling through social media."
• noun (Context 3)
Material that is not wanted or the unusable remains and byproducts of a process.
"The factory was heavily fined for dumping toxic refuse into the river."
• verb (Context 4)
To fail to make full or good use of something.
"We cannot afford to squander this unique opportunity to launch our product."
• verb (Context 5)
To become progressively weaker, thinner, and more emaciated.
"Without adequate nutrition during the famine, his body began to waste away rapidly."
• noun (Context 6)
A large area of barren, uninhabited land.
"They wandered for days across the frozen wastes of the Arctic."
Opposites of waste
The opposite of waste shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: