Squander

['skwɒndə] or ['skwɑndɚ]

Definition

(v. t.) To scatter; to disperse.

(v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate.

(v. i.) To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.

(v. i.) To wander at random; to scatter.

(n.) The act of squandering; waste.

Editor: Stephen

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Spend (profusely), lavish, expend, waste, lose, dissipate, run out, throw away, muddle away.

Edited by Emily

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Waste, dissipate, spend_wastefully

ANT:Save, conserve, be_frugal

Inputed by Leonard

Definition

v.t. to spend lavishly or wastefully: to waste money or powers.—n. Squan′derer.—adv. Squan′deringly in a squandering manner by squandering.

Checker: Thomas