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waste
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- pronunciation:
- weIst
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- phrases:
- lay waste, waste one's breath
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Homophone Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
wastes, wasting, wasted |
| definition 1: |
to use, consume, or spend carelessly or for little or no return; squander.
- synonyms:
- dissipate, fritter, squander
- antonyms:
- conserve, save, spare
- similar words:
- blow, consume, drain, exhaust, lavish, misspend, wanton
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| definition 2: |
to fail to use or take full advantage of.
He wasted the chance to go to college.- synonyms:
- miss
- similar words:
- blow, lose, squander
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| definition 3: |
to cause to become weaker; exhaust.
- synonyms:
- exhaust, fag, tire
- similar words:
- drain, enervate, enfeeble, prostrate, tucker, weaken, wear out
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| definition 4: |
to destroy; ruin; kill.
- synonyms:
- destroy, kill, ruin
- similar words:
- blast, demolish, devastate, ravage, raze, slay, spoil, wreck
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| related words: |
batter, consume, desolate, dispatch, dissipate, fade, kill, lose, misplace, misuse, ruin, wilt |
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| phrase: |
lay waste, waste one's breath |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become weak or exhausted.
- synonyms:
- tire, weaken
- similar words:
- decay, droop, fatigue, languish, wane, wilt
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| definition 2: |
to diminish or wear away gradually.
- synonyms:
- diminish, dwindle
- similar words:
- ablate, corrode, dissipate, droop, ebb, erode, rot, slip, wane, wither
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| definition 3: |
to pass gradually.
Time wastes while we wait for him to arrive.- synonyms:
- pass
- similar words:
- elapse, fly
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| definition 4: |
to be used, consumed, or spent carelessly or for little or no return.
- similar words:
- deteriorate, disappear, dwindle
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| related words: |
decline, die, eat, fade, perish, wear |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of wasting or state of being wasted.
- synonyms:
- dissipation, prodigality, squandering
- similar words:
- destruction, devastation, gluttony, misuse, profligacy, ruin, wreckage
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| definition 2: |
careless or needless consumption, use, or expenditure.
- synonyms:
- prodigality
- antonyms:
- thrift
- similar words:
- dissipation, fat, gluttony, misuse, profligacy
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| definition 3: |
an uninhabited or uncultivated area; desert; wilderness.
- synonyms:
- desert, wasteland, wilderness
- similar words:
- badlands, barrens, bush, dust bowl, outback, wilds
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| definition 4: |
a place or thing that has been devastated; ruin.
- synonyms:
- ruin
- similar words:
- remains, wreck, wreckage
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| definition 5: |
unused or unusable matter discarded during a particular process.
The factory poured its waste into the river.- synonyms:
- by-product, discharge, emission
- similar words:
- dross, garbage, litter, pollution, residue, rubbish
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| definition 6: |
garbage; refuse.
- synonyms:
- garbage, refuse, rubbish
- similar words:
- culm, debris, detritus, dross, junk, litter, offal, residue, trash
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| definition 7: |
residual material eliminated from the body after the digestion of food; excrement.
- synonyms:
- excrement, feces, urine
- similar words:
- dung, excreta, ordure, piss, shit, soil
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| related words: |
desert, extreme, loss, profusion, wild |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
seen or rejected as useless or worthless.
- synonyms:
- useless, worthless
- similar words:
- extra, leftover, refuse, superfluous, unnecessary, unused
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| definition 2: |
not cultivated or inhabited.
- synonyms:
- barren, desolate, uncultivated, uninhabited, wild
- similar words:
- arid, bleak, desert, infertile, unproductive
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| definition 3: |
pertaining to or used for garbage or refuse.
a waste container |
| related words: |
barren, desolate, wild |
The word waste and waist (a part of the human body) sound alike but have different meanings.
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