nnoun.actspending resources lavishly and wastefullyExamples:- more wasteful than the squandering of time
Derivationally Related Form:squander
Hypernyms:dissipation waste wastefulness
Inherited Hypernyms:squanderingwasteactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:squandermania
Full Hyponyms:squandermania
vverb.possessionspend thoughtlessly; throw awaySynset:blow squander waste
Examples:- He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
- You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
Antonyms:conserve
Derivationally Related Form:wasterwastesquanderer
Hypernyms:expend use
Inherited Hypernyms:wasteuse
Direct Hyponyms:burn
Full Troponyms:burn
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.consumptionspend extravagantlySynset:consume squander ware waste
Derivationally Related Form:wasterwastesquanderingsquanderer
Hypernyms:drop expend spend
Inherited Hypernyms:consumespendpaygivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:dissipatedrinkflingfoolfool awayfritterfritter awayfrivol awaylavishluxuriateoverspendshootshowersplurgetopewanton
Full Troponyms:drinkfritterlavishluxuriateoverspendsplurge
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s (apply to: waste)