Waste Synonyms

Emptiness , be wasteful with, atrophy, excess, arid, abuse, debris, barrenness, and desert are synonyms for waste; conserve, flourish, and thrive are antonyms of waste. On this page, you will find 108 another word for waste.

108 Another Word for Waste

1. misuse

  • Be wasteful with
  • Blow
  • Burn up
  • Consume
  • Deplete
  • Dissipate
  • Drain
  • Exhaust
  • Fritter away
  • Go through
  • Lavish
  • Misspend
  • Misuse
  • Run through
  • Spend like water
  • Spend recklessly
  • Squander
  • Throw around like confetti
  • Throw away
  • Use up
  • Splurge

2. wither

  • Atrophy
  • Be abandoned
  • Be forgotten
  • Be neglected
  • Become emaciated
  • Decay
  • Decline
  • Degenerate
  • Deteriorate
  • Fade
  • Flag
  • Grow weak
  • Languish
  • Moulder
  • Rot
  • Shrink
  • Shrivel up
  • Wilt
  • Wither
  • Be disregarded

3. excess

  • Excess
  • Extra
  • Left over
  • Scrap
  • Superfluous
  • Unproductive
  • Unusable
  • Unused
  • Unwanted
  • Useless
  • Worthless
  • Unprofitable

4. unproductive

  • Arid
  • Bare
  • Barren
  • Desert
  • Desolate
  • Empty
  • Infertile
  • Lonely
  • Solitary
  • Uncultivated
  • Unfruitful
  • Uninhabited
  • Unpopulated
  • Unproductive
  • Void
  • Wild

5. misuse

  • Abuse
  • Dissipation
  • Extravagance
  • Frittering away
  • Lavishness
  • Misapplication
  • Misemployment
  • Misspending
  • Misuse
  • Prodigality
  • Squandering
  • Wastefulness
  • Unthriftiness

6. dregs

  • Debris
  • Detritus
  • Dregs
  • Dross
  • Effluent
  • Effluvium
  • Garbage
  • Junk
  • Leavings
  • Litter
  • Offscourings
  • Refuse
  • Remains
  • Rubbish
  • Scrap
  • Scraps
  • Sewage
  • Trash

7. wasteland

  • Barrenness
  • Desert
  • Emptiness
  • Vastness
  • Wasteland
  • Wilderness
  • Wilds

Waste Sentences

Don't waste your time here.

They decided to waste food.

Waste management is essential for sustainability.

He felt it was wasteful.