Dictionary Entry
squander
squander is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To scatter; to disperse. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To scatter; to disperse.
- 2transitive verb
To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
- 3intransitive verb
To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
- 4intransitive verb
To wander at random; to scatter.
- 5noun
The act of squandering; waste.
- 6verb
spend extravagantly
"waste not, want not"
- 7verb
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
"You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
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