squander — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   wastelavishsplurgeslatherthrow awaymake ducks and drakes ofplay ducks and drakes withblow

   Antonyms

   conservehoardsave

   Examples

   .

   Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

   More examples (3)

   I have squandered money enormously.... I ought to have saved, but saving is not easy in such a whirl of excitement as that in which I have lived.

   Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar.

   As the game opened up, Bolton squandered a fine opportunity to equalise - Chris Eagles shooting straight at Szczesny - but then back came Arsenal.

2. To scatter; to disperse.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Transitive

   Examples

   […]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]

3. To wander at random; to scatter.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Transitive

   Examples

   […]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole.

Verb

1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away

   Synonyms

   wasteblow

   Broader terms

   consumeeat upuse upeatdepleteexhaustrun throughwipe outuseexpend

   Examples

   He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends

   You squandered the opportunity to get an advanced degree

2. spend extravagantly

   Synonyms

   consumewasteware

   Broader terms

   spendexpenddrop

   Examples

   waste not, want not