Definition for Waste:

• use inefficiently or inappropriately; " waste heat"; " waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

Synonyms for Waste:

• n.

  •
  • wastage.
  •
  • dissipate,
  • spend.
  •
  • drain,
  • fritter away.
  •
  • trash.
  •
  • destroy.
  •
  • bump off.
  •act (noun)
  • dissipation,
  • wastefulness.
  •destruction (noun)
  • devastation.
  •havoc (noun)
  • havoc.
  •payment (noun)
  • expenditure.
  •refuse (noun)
  • waste matter.
  •ruin (noun)
  • ruin.
  •substance (noun)
  • waste matter.
  •wantonness (noun)
  • dissipation.
  •waste (noun)
  • junk,
  • residue,
  • offal,
  • Filings,
  • squander,
  • consume,
  • pine away,
  • expenditure,
  • despoilment,
  • wastefulness,
  • refuse,
  • desolate,
  • rubbish,
  • waste matter,
  • desert,
  • blow,
  • effluent,
  • desolation,
  • slop,
  • devastate,
  • wasteland,
  • barren,
  • leakage,
  • garbage,
  • trash,
  • remnant,
  • exhaustion,
  • ruin,
  • ravage,
  • havoc,
  • wastage,
  • detritus,
  • debris,
  • devastation,
  • loss,
  • dissipation,
  • Dejecta,
  • decay,
  • chaff.

• v.

  •blow (verb)
  • spend.
  •consume (verb)
  • expend.
  •damage (verb)
  • pillage,
  • ruin,
  • damage,
  • ravage,
  • mar,
  • rend,
  • spoil,
  • vandalize,
  • despoil,
  • Depredate,
  • wreck,
  • wreak havoc,
  • lay waste,
  • ransack.
  •waste (verb)
  • deject,
  • wreak havoc,
  • exhaust,
  • leak,
  • drain,
  • lay waste,
  • spoil,
  • pillage,
  • blow,
  • desolate,
  • wear,
  • consume,
  • despoil,
  • fritter away,
  • excrete,
  • Depredate,
  • dissipate,
  • crumble,
  • devastate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • consumption,
  • wastage,
  • desolation,
  • spend,
  • fritter away.
  •
  • dissipate,
  • drain.
  •
  • loss.
  •
  • destroy.
  •barren
  • barren.
  •consume
  • expend,
  • lay waste.
  •decrease
  • wear away.
  •depreciation
  • wear.
  •kill
  • murder.
  •languish
  • waste away.
  •rubbish
  • trash.
  •squander
  • squander.
  •use up
  • consume.
  •Other relevant words:
  • devastation,
  • expenditure,
  • drain,
  • barren land,
  • use up,
  • wastefulness,
  • barren,
  • wastage,
  • waste away,
  • trash,
  • devastate,
  • wear,
  • exhaustion,
  • exhaust,
  • crumble,
  • barrens,
  • expend,
  • shrinkage,
  • depletion,
  • destroy,
  • shoddy,
  • consume,
  • erode,
  • blow,
  • fritter away,
  • dissipation,
  • Draff,
  • pine away,
  • waste matter,
  • erosion,
  • wear away,
  • heath,
  • impoverishment,
  • wasteland,
  • desolation,
  • consumption,
  • decrement,
  • wear and tear,
  • havoc,
  • dissipate,
  • spend,
  • murder,
  • loss,
  • desolate,
  • kill,
  • bump off,
  • squander,
  • desert.

Antonyms for Waste:

• adj.

  • barren
    fertile, growing, useful, productive, fecund, developing, filled, full.
  • Other antonyms:
    productive, lush, deficiency, defect, hospitable, inadequacy, insufficiency, scantiness, luxuriant, tillable, want, destitution, green, lack, poverty, need, sylvan, fertile, rich, fruitful, verdant, shortcoming, failure, dearth, arable.

• n.

  • waste
    hoarding, saving, development, possessions.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    aid, arable, assemble, assist, austerity, beef, beef up, bloom, booty, bring about, build, building, buildup, catch, conservation, constitute, construct, construction, create, creation, cultivated, defend, developed, development, doctor, energize, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, fertile, fill, find, fix, flourish, forge, form, fortify, found, frame, fruitful, gain, gem, goody, green, growth, habitable, harden, help, hoarding, improve, improvement, in use, increase, institute, invent, invigorate, lush, luxuriant, maintain, make, manufacture, mend, moderation, mold, necessary, necessity, needed, parsimony, patch, pearl, penny-pinching, plum, preserve, prize, produce, productive, protect, raise, rally, rear, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recruit, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, repair, restore, restraint, revamp, rich, rise, salvage, save, scrimp, season, sense, set up, shape, skimp, starve, strengthen, succeed, sylvan, temperance, temperateness, thrift, thrive, tillable, toughen, treasure, trove, useful, utilized, valuable, verdant, vitalize, Economizing, Scrimping, Skimping, treasure trove, put up, lay up, possessions, belt-tightening, good housekeeping, nonwaste.

• v.

  • abuse
    care for, respect, prize, esteem, revere, benefit.
  • best
    lose, relent, give up, surrender.
  • consume
    collect, store, neglect, gather, not use, accumulate.
  • ruin, destroy
    construct, protect.
  • spend or use without thought; dwindle
    help, succeed, aid, increase, starve, assist, maintain, improve, grow, fill, strengthen, raise, bloom, rise, develop.
  • waste
    build, save, create, preserve, hoard.