squander

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. spend thoughtlessly;
throw away
- He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
- You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
• Syn:
waste, blow
• Ant:
conserve (for: waste)
• Derivationally related forms:
squanderer, waste (for: waste), waster (for: waste)
• Hypernyms:
use, expend
• Hyponyms:
burn
• Verb Group:
blow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. spend extravagantly
- waste not, want not
• Syn:
consume, waste, ware
• Derivationally related forms:
waste (for: waste), waster (for: waste), squanderer, squandering
• Hypernyms:
spend, expend, drop
• Hyponyms:
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away,
fool, fool away, luxuriate, wanton, lavish, shower,
overspend, splurge, fling
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s (for: waste)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  consume, waste, ware, blow
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  conserve, husband, economize, economise