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wastes

The word “wastes” has 1 syllable: wastes

It's pronounced as /weɪsts/

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In the thesaurus, “wastes” has 220 synonyms and 74 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for wastes along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for wastes

Antonyms for wastes

  • assembles
  • austerities
  • belt-tightenings
  • brings about
  • builds
  • buildups
  • conservations
  • conserves
  • constitutes
  • constructs
  • creates
  • doctors
  • economies
  • economizes
  • energizes
  • erects
  • establishes
  • fabricates
  • fashions
  • fathers
  • fixes
  • forges
  • forms
  • fortifies
  • founds
  • frames
  • frugalities
  • gains
  • hardens
  • hoards
  • increases
  • institutes
  • invents
  • invigorates
  • lays up
  • makes
  • manufactures
  • mends
  • moderations
  • molds
  • necessities
  • organizes
  • parsimonies
  • patches
  • penny-pinchings
  • preserves
  • produces
  • protects
  • puts up
  • raises
  • rears
  • rebuilds
  • reconditions
  • reconstructs
  • recruits
  • rejuvenates
  • remodels
  • renovates
  • repairs
  • restores
  • restraints
  • revamps
  • saves
  • savings
  • scrimps
  • seasons
  • sets up
  • shapes
  • skimps
  • strengthens
  • temperances
  • thrifts
  • toughens
  • vitalizes

Meanings of wastes

  • noun
    1. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
    2. Excrement or urine.
    3. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
    4. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
    5. A large tract of uncultivated land.
    6. The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
    7. A vast expanse of water.
    8. A disused mine or part of one.
    9. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
    10. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
    11. Gradual loss or decay.
    12. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
    13. Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
    14. A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
    15. Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
  • verb
    1. To devastate, destroy.
    2. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
    3. To kill; to murder.
    4. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
    5. Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
    6. To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
    7. To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

Example Sentences

  • He always wastes his time playing video games instead of studying.
  • The factory improperly disposes of industrial wastes, harming the environment.
  • She wastes too much money on things she doesn’t need.
  • The company recycles its production wastes to reduce pollution.
  • If he wastes this opportunity, he may not get another chance.

On this page you'll find 294 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wastes, such as: amplitudes, annihilates, assassinates, assembles, attritions, austerities, badlands.

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  • abates
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  • bleeds
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  • calls
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  • cancels
  • cleans
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  • eliminates
  • empties
  • enjoins
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  • flushes
  • forbids
  • invalidates
  • liquidates
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  • nullifies
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  • outlaws
  • overrides
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  • overturns
  • prohibits
  • purges
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  • recalls
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  • repeals
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  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • scours
  • sets aside
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • sweeps
  • throws out
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • withdraws
  • writes off

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