| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | wey'st |
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| Rhymes | aftertaste, based, braced, and 23 more rhymes in eyst at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Disposed of as useless. |
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| Examples | "waste paper" |
| Synonyms | cast-off, discarded, junked, scrap |
| Similar to | useless |
| Meaning | Located in a dismal or remote area. Desolate. |
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| Examples | "waste places" |
| Synonyms | desert, godforsaken, wild |
| Similar to | inhospitable |
| Meaning | Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted. |
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| Examples | "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| Synonyms | waste material, waste matter, waste product |
| Narrower | impurity, dross; exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes; body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product; filth, crud, skank; sewage, sewerage; effluent, wastewater, sewer water; garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps; pollutant; rubbish, trash, scrap; toxic waste, toxic industrial waste |
| Broader | material, stuff |
| Verbs | waste; waste |
| Meaning | Useless or profitless activity. Using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly. |
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| Examples | "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste" |
| Synonyms | wastefulness, dissipation |
| Narrower | boondoggle; waste of effort, waste of energy; waste of material; waste of money; waste of time; extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life; squandering |
| Broader | activity |
| Verbs | waste; waste; waste |
| Meaning | The trait of wasting resources. |
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| Examples | "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" |
| Synonyms | thriftlessness, wastefulness |
| Broader | improvidence, shortsightedness |
| Verbs | waste; waste |
| Meaning | An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation. |
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| Examples | "the trackless wastes of the desert" |
| Synonyms | barren, wasteland |
| Narrower | heath, heathland |
| Broader | wilderness, wild |
| Meaning | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect. |
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| Synonyms | permissive waste |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Broader | act, human action, human activity |
| Meaning | Spend thoughtlessly. Throw away. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends" |
| Synonyms | blow, squander |
| Narrower | burn |
| Broader | use, expend |
| Contrary | conserve, husband, economize, economise |
| Similar to | blow |
| Nouns | waste; waste; waster |
| Meaning | Use inefficiently or inappropriately. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" |
| Broader | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ |
| Nouns | waste; waste |
| Meaning | Get rid of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" |
| Broader | discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away |
| Nouns | waste |
| Meaning | Run off as waste. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "The water wastes back into the ocean" |
| Synonyms | run off |
| Broader | run, flow, feed, course |
| Nouns | waste |
| Meaning | Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to waste the prisoners |
| Synonyms | neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in |
| Broader | kill |
| Meaning | Spend extravagantly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "waste not, want not" |
| Synonyms | consume, squander, ware |
| Narrower | fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away; luxuriate, wanton; lavish, shower; overspend; splurge, fling |
| Broader | spend, expend, drop |
| Nouns | waste; waster |
| Meaning | Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | pine away, languish |
| Broader | weaken |
| Nouns | wastage |
| Meaning | Cause to grow thin or weak. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | emaciate, macerate |
| Cause to | emaciate |
| Broader | enfeeble, debilitate, drain |
| Nouns | wastage; wasting |
| Meaning | Devastate or ravage. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" |
| Synonyms | lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge |
| Narrower | ruin |
| Broader | destroy, ruin |
| Nouns | waster |
| Meaning | Waste away. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | rot |
| Narrower | necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate |
| Broader | devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate |
| Nouns | wastage |