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.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fritter away.
  •consume
  • lay waste.
  •decrease
  • wear away.
  •kill
  • murder.
  •languish
  • waste away.
  •Other relevant words:
  • erosion,
  • depletion,
  • crumble,
  • heath,
  • impoverishment,
  • barren land,
  • pine away,
  • kill,
  • decrement,
  • shoddy,
  • expenditure,
  • wasteland,
  • exhaustion,
  • shrinkage,
  • consume,
  • waste matter,
  • wear and tear.

Paraphrases for Waste:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    wastes.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    wastewater, garbage, trash.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    squandering, wastewater, garbage, trash.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    substances, generators, remnants, Movements, goods.
  • Noun, plural
    discards, Culls.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Strata, needless, roma, residuum, mess.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    goes.
  • Verb, base form
    spend, loose.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    debris, biodegradable.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Laboratories, Tailings, debris, wastage.
  • Noun, plural
    Tailings.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    wastefulness, wasting, waste-water, profligacy, extravagance, excreta, debris, excrement, wastage, spoilage, desolation, manure, junk, dissipation, material, materials.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    loses, forfeits.
  • Verb, base form
    squander, wastage.

Antonyms for Waste:

• adj.

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

• 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.