Definition for Waste:

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

Synonyms for Waste:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • dissipation.
  •destruction (noun)
  • devastation.
  •havoc (noun)
  • havoc.
  •waste (noun)
  • despoilment,
  • detritus,
  • decay,
  • leakage,
  • Filings,
  • chaff,
  • debris,
  • residue,
  • remnant,
  • Dejecta,
  • slop.

• v.

  •consume (verb)
  • expend.
  •damage (verb)
  • ransack,
  • Depredate,
  • ruin,
  • rend,
  • wreak havoc,
  • mar.

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.

• 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.

Homophones for Waste:

• waist.

Hypernym for Waste:

• n.

  • act
    highlife, waste of energy, prodigality, waste of money, high life, boondoggle, waste of time, waste of material, lavishness, squandering, extravagance, waste of effort.
  • substance
    exhaust fumes, sewage, sewer water, crud, fumes, toxic industrial waste, food waste, sewerage, excretion, excreta, pollutant, scrap, excretory product, exhaust, rubbish, effluent, skank, slop, excrement, scraps, trash, toxic waste, impurity, dross, refuse, garbage, wastewater, filth, body waste.

Hyponym for Waste:

• n.

  • act
    activity.
  • substance
    material, stuff.

• v.

  • consumption
    apply, utilize, employ, utilise, use.
  • motion
    feed, flow, course, run.
  • possession
    chuck out, cast away, cast aside, dispose, toss away, fling, discard, throw out, throw away, toss out, toss, cast out, put away.