Synonyms and Antonyms of waste

synonym (synonym of waste)

antonym (antonym of waste)

similar (similar with waste)

  • located in a dismal or remote area; desolate (adj.all)
    inhospitable
    unfavorable to life or growth (adj.all)
     

hypernym (waste IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect (noun.act)
    act, deed, human action, human activity
    something that people do or cause to happen (noun.tops)
     
  • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (noun.location)
    wild, wilderness
    a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition (noun.location)
     
  • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (noun.substance)
    material, stuff
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object (noun.substance)
     
  • become physically weaker (verb.body)
    degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop
    grow worse (verb.change)
     
  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
    destroy, ruin
    destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
     
  • cause to grow thin or weak (verb.change)
    debilitate, drain, enfeeble
    make weak (verb.change)
     
  • get rid of (verb.possession)
    cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
    throw or cast away (verb.possession)
     
  • get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (verb.contact)
    kill
    cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)
     
  • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief (verb.change)
    weaken
    become weaker (verb.change)
     
  • run off as waste (verb.motion)
    course, feed, flow, run
    move along, of liquids (verb.motion)
     
  • spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
    drop, expend, spend
    pay out (verb.possession)
     
  • spend thoughtlessly; throw away (verb.possession)
    expend, use
    use up, consume fully (verb.consumption)
     
  • the trait of wasting resources (noun.attribute)
    improvidence, shortsightedness
    a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources (noun.attribute)
     
  • use inefficiently or inappropriately (verb.consumption)
    apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize
    put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose (verb.consumption)
     
  • useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (noun.act)
    activity
    any specific behavior (noun.act)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF waste relation)

  • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (noun.location)
    heath, heathland
    a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation (noun.location)
     
  • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (noun.substance)
    dross, impurity
    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes
    gases ejected from an engine as waste products (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product
    waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    crud, filth, skank
    any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    sewage, sewerage
    waste matter carried away in sewers or drains (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    effluent, sewer water, wastewater
    water mixed with waste matter (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps
    food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    pollutant
    waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    rubbish, scrap, trash
    worthless material that is to be disposed of (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    slop
    (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    toxic industrial waste, toxic waste
    poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means) (noun.substance)
     
  • become physically weaker (verb.body)
    gangrene, mortify, necrose, sphacelate
    undergo necrosis (verb.body)
     
  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
    ruin
    reduce to ruins (verb.contact)
     
  • spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
    dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot
    spend frivolously and unwisely (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    luxuriate, wanton
    become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    lavish, shower
    expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    overspend
    spend at a high rate (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    fling, splurge
    indulge oneself (verb.possession)
     
  • spend thoughtlessly; throw away (verb.possession)
    burn
    spend (significant amounts of money) (verb.possession)
     
  • useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (noun.act)
    boondoggle
    work of little or no value done merely to look busy (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    waste of effort, waste of energy
    a useless effort (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    waste of material
    a useless consumption of material (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    waste of money
    money spent for inadequate return (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    waste of time
    the devotion of time to a useless activity (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    extravagance, high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality
    excessive spending (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    squandering
    spending resources lavishly and wastefully (noun.act)
     

cause (cause to relations of waste)

  • cause to grow thin or weak (verb.change)
    emaciate
    grow weak and thin or waste away physically (verb.change)
     

verb group (waste is verb group of ....)

  • spend thoughtlessly; throw away (verb.possession)
    blow
    spend lavishly or wastefully on (verb.possession)
     

derivation (.... is derived from waste)

  • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (noun.location)
    bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark
    providing no shelter or sustenance (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    godforsaken, waste, wild
    located in a dismal or remote area; desolate (adj.all)
     
  • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (noun.substance)
    run off, waste
    run off as waste (verb.motion)
     
  • become physically weaker (verb.body)
    wastage
    the process of wasting (noun.process)
     
  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
    destruction, devastation
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    devastation, ravaging
    plundering with excessive damage and destruction (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.event)
    depredation, ravage
    (usually plural) a destructive action (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    desolation, devastation
    an event that results in total destruction (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.person)
    destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster
    a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.state)
    bane, curse, nemesis, scourge
    something causing misery or death (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness
    a bleak and desolate atmosphere (noun.state)
     
  • cause to grow thin or weak (verb.change)
    boniness, bonyness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration
    extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.state)
    cachexia, cachexy, wasting
    any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease (noun.state)
     
  • get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (verb.contact)
    elimination, liquidation
    the murder of a competitor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    liquidator, manslayer, murderer
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) (noun.person)
     
  • located in a dismal or remote area; desolate (adj.all)
    barren, waste, wasteland
    an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    wild, wilderness
    a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition (noun.location)
     
  • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief (verb.change)
    languisher
    a person who languishes (noun.person)
     
  • run off as waste (verb.motion)
    overflow, overspill, runoff
    the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
    any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (noun.substance)
     
  • spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
    dissipation, waste, wastefulness
    useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    squandering
    spending resources lavishly and wastefully (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    prodigal, profligate, squanderer
    a recklessly extravagant consumer (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    waster, wastrel
    someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently (noun.person)
     
  • the trait of wasting resources (noun.attribute)
    thriftless
    careless of the future (adj.all)
     
  • use inefficiently or inappropriately (verb.consumption)
    thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness
    the trait of wasting resources (noun.attribute)
     
  • useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (noun.act)
    consume, squander, ware, waste
    spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    waste
    use inefficiently or inappropriately (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot
    spend frivolously and unwisely (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    blow, squander, waste
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away (verb.possession)
     
  • (adj.all)
    wasteful
    laying waste (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    uneconomical, wasteful
    inefficient in use of time and effort and materials (adj.all)
     

domain category (waste is domain category of ....)

  • (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect (noun.act)
    jurisprudence, law
    the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)
     
synonym antonym similar hypernym hyponym cause verb group waste material waste matter dissipation wastefulness thriftlessness barren conserve economise economize husband inhospitable activity act improvidence shortsightedness wild wilderness boondoggle waste of effort waste of material waste of money waste of time emaciate blow
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