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/ˈskwɒnd.ə/ · verb
(transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate..
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1886, Cora Pearl, Memoirs. "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."
1746, Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
As the game opened up, Bolton squandered a fine opportunity to equalise - Chris Eagles shooting straight at Szczesny - but then back came Arsenal.
[…]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]
[…]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole.
Use squander when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Squander means (transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate..
Common synonyms include waste, lavish, splurge, slather.
Possible antonyms include conserve, husband, lay aside, save up.
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