Waste

Quick meaning: Waste is a noun meaning Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

Meaning

Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

More Meanings

1. Excrement or urine.
2. A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
3. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
4. A large tract of uncultivated land.
5. A vast expanse of water.
6. A disused mine or part of one.
7. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.

Example Sentences

Her life seemed a waste.

That was a waste of time!

The cage was littered with animal waste.

Waste / Don't talk to me / You're so waste

Word Forms

• wastes
• wasting
• wasted
• wastest
• wastedst
• wasteth

Synonyms for waste

Depending on context, synonyms include top, duppy, desolate, wild, languish, barren.

Antonyms for waste

Common opposites include conserve, husband, economize, economise.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include squander, emaciate, wastefulness, devastate, ravage, wild.

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