| VERB | possession | squander, waste, blow | spend thoughtlessly |
|---|---|---|---|
| consumption | squander, consume, waste, ware | spend extravagantly |
| Sounds | skwaa'nder | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | spend thoughtlessly; throw away. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" | |
| Synonyms | waste, blow | |
| Narrower | burn | spend (significant amounts of money) |
| Broader | use, expend | use up, consume fully |
| Opposite | conserve, husband, economize, economise | Use cautiously and frugally |
| Similar to | blow | spend lavishly or wastefully on |
| Spanish | arrojar, desgastar, desperdiciar, malgastar | |
| Catalan | desgastar, gastar | |
| Nouns | squanderer | a recklessly extravagant consumer |
| Meaning | spend extravagantly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | consume, waste, ware | |
| Narrower | drink, tope | drink excessive amounts of alcohol |
| fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away | spend frivolously and unwisely | |
| lavish, shower | expend profusely | |
| luxuriate, wanton | Become extravagant | |
| overspend | spend at a high rate | |
| splurge, fling | indulge oneself | |
| Broader | spend, expend, drop | pay out |
| Spanish | consumir, derrochar, gastar, ingerir, malgastar | |
| Catalan | consumir, dilapidar, ingerir | |
| Nouns | squanderer | a recklessly extravagant consumer |
| squandering | spending resources lavishly and wastefully | |
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