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

1. transitive verb. To scatter; to disperse.
2. transitive verb. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
3. intransitive verb. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
4. intransitive verb. To wander at random; to scatter.
5. noun. The act of squandering; waste.
6. verb. spend extravagantly

   "waste not, want not"

   Synonyms: consume, ware, waste

7. verb. spend thoughtlessly; throw away

   "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"

   "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

   Synonyms: blow, waste

Synonyms

consume, ware, waste, blow

Common word forms

squanders, squandered, squanderer, squandering

Words from these letters

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