DISSIPATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • useless or profitless activity
   • using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
   Synonym(s)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • wastefulness (what does wastefulness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
   • mindless dissipation of natural resources
   Hypernyms(s) dissipation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • boondoggle (what does boondoggle mean?)
   • waste of effort (what does waste of effort mean?)
   • waste of energy (what does waste of energy mean?)
   • waste of material (what does waste of material mean?)
   • waste of money (what does waste of money mean?)
   • waste of time (what does waste of time mean?)
   • extravagance (what does extravagance mean?)
   • prodigality (what does prodigality mean?)
   • lavishness (what does lavishness mean?)
   • highlife (what does highlife mean?)
   • high life (what does high life mean?)
   • squandering (what does squandering mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fritter (what does fritter mean?)
   • frivol away (what does frivol away mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • shoot (what does shoot mean?)
   • fritter away (what does fritter away mean?)
   • fool (what does fool mean?)
   • fool away (what does fool away mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • consume (what does consume mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • ware (what does ware mean?)
2. Meaning
   • dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
   Synonym(s)
   • dissolution (what does dissolution mean?)
   • licentiousness (what does licentiousness mean?)
   • profligacy (what does profligacy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dissipation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • intemperance (what does intemperance mean?)
   • intemperateness (what does intemperateness mean?)
   • self-indulgence (what does self-indulgence mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • breaking up and scattering by dispersion
   Usage Example(s)
   • the dissipation of the mist
   Hypernyms(s) dissipation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dispersion (what does dispersion mean?)
   • scattering (what does scattering mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • dispel (what does dispel mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • spread out (what does spread out mean?)