WASTE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • useless or profitless activity
   • using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
   Synonym(s)
   • dissipation (what does dissipation 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) waste 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
   • (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
   Synonym(s)
   • permissive waste (what does permissive waste mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • human action (what does human action mean?)
   • human activity (what does human activity mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the trait of wasting resources
   Synonym(s)
   • thriftlessness (what does thriftlessness mean?)
   • wastefulness (what does wastefulness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
   • the wastefulness of missed opportunities
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • improvidence (what does improvidence mean?)
   • shortsightedness (what does shortsightedness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
4. Meaning
   • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
   Synonym(s)
   • barren (what does barren mean?)
   • wasteland (what does wasteland mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the barrens of central Africa
   • the trackless wastes of the desert
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wilderness (what does wilderness mean?)
   • wild (what does wild mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • heath (what does heath mean?)
   • heathland (what does heathland mean?)
5. Meaning
   • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
   Synonym(s)
   • waste material (what does waste material mean?)
   • waste matter (what does waste matter mean?)
   • waste product (what does waste product mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they collect the waste once a week
   • much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • material (what does material mean?)
   • stuff (what does stuff mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • impurity (what does impurity mean?)
   • dross (what does dross mean?)
   • exhaust (what does exhaust mean?)
   • exhaust fumes (what does exhaust fumes mean?)
   • fumes (what does fumes mean?)
   • body waste (what does body waste mean?)
   • excretion (what does excretion mean?)
   • excreta (what does excreta mean?)
   • excrement (what does excrement mean?)
   • excretory product (what does excretory product mean?)
   • filth (what does filth mean?)
   • crud (what does crud mean?)
   • skank (what does skank mean?)
   • sewage (what does sewage mean?)
   • sewerage (what does sewerage mean?)
   • effluent (what does effluent mean?)
   • wastewater (what does wastewater mean?)
   • sewer water (what does sewer water mean?)
   • garbage (what does garbage mean?)
   • refuse (what does refuse mean?)
   • food waste (what does food waste mean?)
   • scraps (what does scraps mean?)
   • pollutant (what does pollutant mean?)
   • rubbish (what does rubbish mean?)
   • trash (what does trash mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
   • toxic waste (what does toxic waste mean?)
   • toxic industrial waste (what does toxic industrial waste mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • run off (what does run off mean?)

WASTE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • waste away
   Synonym(s)
   • rot (what does rot mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • devolve (what does devolve mean?)
   • deteriorate (what does deteriorate mean?)
   • drop (what does drop mean?)
   • degenerate (what does degenerate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • necrose (what does necrose mean?)
   • gangrene (what does gangrene mean?)
   • mortify (what does mortify mean?)
   • sphacelate (what does sphacelate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • wastage (what does wastage mean?)
2. Meaning
   • devastate or ravage
   Synonym(s)
   • desolate (what does desolate mean?)
   • devastate (what does devastate mean?)
   • lay waste to (what does lay waste to mean?)
   • ravage (what does ravage mean?)
   • scourge (what does scourge mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • destroy (what does destroy mean?)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • bane (what does bane mean?)
   • curse (what does curse mean?)
   • scourge (what does scourge mean?)
   • nemesis (what does nemesis mean?)
   • ravage (what does ravage mean?)
   • depredation (what does depredation mean?)
   • ravaging (what does ravaging mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • bleakness (what does bleakness mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • ravaging (what does ravaging mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • destruction (what does destruction mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • destroyer (what does destroyer mean?)
   • ruiner (what does ruiner mean?)
   • undoer (what does undoer mean?)
   • waster (what does waster mean?)
   • uprooter (what does uprooter mean?)
3. Meaning
   • cause to grow thin or weak
   Synonym(s)
   • emaciate (what does emaciate mean?)
   • macerate (what does macerate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The treatment emaciated him
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • enfeeble (what does enfeeble mean?)
   • debilitate (what does debilitate mean?)
   • drain (what does drain mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • emaciate (what does emaciate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • bonyness (what does bonyness mean?)
   • emaciation (what does emaciation mean?)
   • gauntness (what does gauntness mean?)
   • maceration (what does maceration mean?)
   • bonyness (what does bonyness mean?)
   • emaciation (what does emaciation mean?)
   • gauntness (what does gauntness mean?)
   • maceration (what does maceration mean?)
   • wastage (what does wastage mean?)
   • cachexia (what does cachexia mean?)
   • cachexy (what does cachexy mean?)
   • wasting (what does wasting mean?)
4. Meaning
   • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
   Synonym(s)
   • languish (what does languish mean?)
   • pine away (what does pine away mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • After her husband died, she just pined away
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • weaken (what does weaken mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • languisher (what does languisher mean?)
   • wastage (what does wastage mean?)
5. Meaning
   • spend extravagantly
   Synonym(s)
   • consume (what does consume mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • ware (what does ware mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • waste not, want not
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • spend (what does spend mean?)
   • expend (what does expend mean?)
   • drop (what does drop mean?)
   Hyponym(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?)
   • luxuriate (what does luxuriate mean?)
   • wanton (what does wanton mean?)
   • lavish (what does lavish mean?)
   • shower (what does shower mean?)
   • overspend (what does overspend mean?)
   • splurge (what does splurge mean?)
   • fling (what does fling mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • wastefulness (what does wastefulness mean?)
   • dissipation (what does dissipation mean?)
   • wastrel (what does wastrel mean?)
   • waster (what does waster mean?)
   • prodigal (what does prodigal mean?)
   • profligate (what does profligate mean?)
   • squanderer (what does squanderer mean?)
   • squandering (what does squandering mean?)
6. Meaning
   • use inefficiently or inappropriately
   Usage Example(s)
   • waste heat
   • waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • use (what does use mean?)
   • utilize (what does utilize mean?)
   • utilise (what does utilise mean?)
   • apply (what does apply mean?)
   • employ (what does employ mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • thriftlessness (what does thriftlessness mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • wastefulness (what does wastefulness mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • wastefulness (what does wastefulness mean?)
   • dissipation (what does dissipation mean?)
7. Meaning
   • get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
   Synonym(s)
   • do in (what does do in mean?)
   • knock off (what does knock off mean?)
   • liquidate (what does liquidate mean?)
   • neutralise (what does neutralise mean?)
   • neutralize (what does neutralize mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The mafia liquidated the informer
   • the double agent was neutralized
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • elimination (what does elimination mean?)
   • liquidation (what does liquidation mean?)
   • murderer (what does murderer mean?)
   • liquidator (what does liquidator mean?)
   • manslayer (what does manslayer mean?)
8. Meaning
   • run off as waste
   Synonym(s)
   • run off (what does run off mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The water wastes back into the ocean
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • feed (what does feed mean?)
   • course (what does course mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • overflow (what does overflow mean?)
   • runoff (what does runoff mean?)
   • overspill (what does overspill mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • waste material (what does waste material mean?)
   • waste matter (what does waste matter mean?)
   • waste product (what does waste product mean?)
9. Meaning
   • get rid of
   Usage Example(s)
   • We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
   Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • discard (what does discard mean?)
   • fling (what does fling mean?)
   • toss (what does toss mean?)
   • toss out (what does toss out mean?)
   • toss away (what does toss away mean?)
   • chuck out (what does chuck out mean?)
   • cast aside (what does cast aside mean?)
   • dispose (what does dispose mean?)
   • throw out (what does throw out mean?)
   • cast out (what does cast out mean?)
   • throw away (what does throw away mean?)
   • cast away (what does cast away mean?)
   • put away (what does put away mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • waste material (what does waste material mean?)
   • waste matter (what does waste matter mean?)
   • waste product (what does waste product mean?)
10. Meaning
    • spend thoughtlessly
    • throw away
    Synonym(s)
    • blow (what does blow mean?)
    • squander (what does squander mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
    • You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
    Hypernyms(s) waste is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • use (what does use mean?)
    • expend (what does expend mean?)
    Antonym(s)
    • conserve (what does conserve mean?)
    • husband (what does husband mean?)
    • economize (what does economize mean?)
    • economise (what does economise mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • burn (what does burn mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • prodigal (what does prodigal mean?)
    • profligate (what does profligate mean?)
    • squanderer (what does squanderer mean?)
    • thriftlessness (what does thriftlessness mean?)
    • waste (what does waste mean?)
    • wastefulness (what does wastefulness mean?)
    • waste (what does waste mean?)
    • wastefulness (what does wastefulness mean?)
    • dissipation (what does dissipation mean?)
    • wastrel (what does wastrel mean?)
    • waster (what does waster mean?)

WASTE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • located in a dismal or remote area
   • desolate
   Synonym(s)
   • desert (what does desert mean?)
   • godforsaken (what does godforsaken mean?)
   • wild (what does wild mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a desert island
   • a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
   • a wild stretch of land
   • waste places
   Similar To
   • inhospitable (what does inhospitable mean?)
2. Meaning
   • disposed of as useless
   Synonym(s)
   • cast-off(a) (what does cast-off(a) mean?)
   • discarded (what does discarded mean?)
   • junked (what does junked mean?)
   • scrap(a) (what does scrap(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • waste paper
   Similar To
   • useless (what does useless mean?)