Synonyms for squander
ˈskwɒn dərsquan·der

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1. squanderverb

   Synonyms:
   waste, splurge, ducks and drakes, throw away

2. squanderverb

   To waste, lavish, splurge

   Synonyms:
   throw away, ducks and drakes, waste, splurge

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1. squander

   Synonyms:
   disperse, dissipate, divide, parcel, portion, scatter, spend, waste

   Antonyms:
   accumulate, aggregate, amass, collect, gather, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, store up

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1. squander

   Synonyms:
   waste, dissipate, spend wastefully

   Antonyms:
   save, conserve, be frugal

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1. Squanderverb

   Synonyms:
   To spend, expend, waste, scatter, dissipate.

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1. waste, blow, squanderverb

   spend thoughtlessly; throw away

   "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

   Synonyms:
   rot, swash, gasconade, ravage, botch, neutralise, liquidate, ware, neutralize, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, blow, scourge, burn out, lay waste to, suck, waste, fumble, shove along, flub, fellate, desolate, ball up, bluster, do in, run off, bollocks, macerate, mess up, shove off, louse up, float, gas, bollix, languish, vaunt, screw up, muff, devastate, shoot a line, blow out, emaciate, bollocks up, foul up, pine away, knock off, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, bungle, consume, bollix up, tout, spoil, boast, bodge

2. consume, squander, waste, wareverb

   spend extravagantly

   "waste not, want not"

   Synonyms:
   languish, exhaust, take in, eat up, neutralise, rot, liquidate, ware, neutralize, down, blow, scourge, take, lay waste to, waste, use up, desolate, do in, macerate, ingest, eat, run through, go through, wipe out, ravage, have, devastate, emaciate, pine away, knock off, devour, consume, deplete, run off

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1. squanderverb

   Synonyms:
   spend (profusely), lavish, expend, waste, lose, dissipate, run out, throw away, muddle away

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1. List of paraphrases for "squander":

   waste

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How to use squander in a sentence?

1. Rainer Maria Rilke:

   Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted moments.

2. John Gay:

   Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money enough to carry on the daily quarrels of man and wife about who shall squander most?

3. John Mica:

   Congress has been reluctant to give Amtrak the money because they squander it. They don't have a plan that has milestones and can be seriously considered, we're a Third World country when it comes to passenger rail and we need to look at the alternatives out there.

4. Nicola Sturgeon:

   I have asked the UK government not to deploy their' Stay Alert' advertising campaign in Scotland, because the message at this stage in Scotland is... except for the essential reasons you know about, stay at home, we must not squander our progress by easing up too soon, or by sending mixed messages that result in people thinking it's okay to ease up now. Let me be very blunt about the consequences if we were to do that : people will die unnecessarily. We must not take that risk.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   These harsh tactics might work if you're willing to burn down the rest of the party in order to be the last man standing, but if we're going to beat Donald Trump in November, we are going to need huge turnout within our party, and to get that turnout, we will need a nominee that the broadest coalition of our party feels they can get behind. We can't afford to fall into factions. We can't afford to squander our collective power. We will win when we come together.