Synonyms of squandered

squandered

verb

past tense of squander

1

as in spent

to use up carelessly

squandered all her money gambling in casinos

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spent
• wasted
• lost
• lavished
• dissipated
• misspent
• threw away
• blew
• frittered (away)
• ran through
• trifled (away)
• consumed
• depleted
• fiddled away
• made ducks and drakes of
• played ducks and drakes with
• exhausted
• expended
• impoverished
• splurged
• indulged
• disbursed
• overspent
• overindulged
• shot
• laid out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserved
• preserved
• saved
• protected
• hoarded
• skimped
• economized
• scrimped
• laid up

2

as in dispersed

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart

a single blast of the shotgun squandered the herd of deer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dispersed
• scattered
• dissipated
• disbanded
• dispelled
• isolated
• cleared out
• segregated
• split (up)
• separated
• disseminated
• parted
• diffused
• spread
• broke up
• diverged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collected
• gathered
• assembled
• concentrated
• clustered
• congregated
• ingathered
• united
• unified
• conglomerated
• agglutinated