SQUANDER
Dictionary entry overview: What does squander mean?
• SQUANDER (verb)
The verb SQUANDER has 2 senses:
1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away
2. spend extravagantly
Familiarity information: SQUANDER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SQUANDER (verb)
Meaning:
Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
squander; waste; blow
Context examples:
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends / You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
Hypernyms (to "squander" is one way to...):
expend; use (use up, consume fully)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squander"):
burn (spend (significant amounts of money))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Spend extravagantly
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
ware; squander; consume; waste
Context example:
waste not, want not
Hypernyms (to "squander" is one way to...):
drop; expend; spend (pay out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squander"):
dissipate; fool; fool away; fritter; fritter away; frivol away; shoot (spend frivolously and unwisely)
luxuriate; wanton (become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously)
lavish; shower (expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns)
overspend (spend at a high rate)
fling; splurge (indulge oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
