squander
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
Types & categories
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Sense 2 verb
spend extravagantly
waste not, want not
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- waste derivation
- squandering derivation
- prodigal derivation
- waster derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | husband |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waste |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wastefulness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prodigal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waster |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | blow |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | burn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waste |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squandering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prodigal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waster |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fritter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | luxuriate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shower |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overspend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splurge |