Definition of squander Squander

/skwɑˈndɚ/ - [skwander] - squan•der

We found 11 definitions of squander from 5 different sources.

What does squander mean?

Verb
squander - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
		consume, waste, ware
		expend, spend, drop pay out; "spend money"
		fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, dissipate, fool, shoot spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
		luxuriate, wanton thrive profusely or flourish extensively
		lavish, shower expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
		overspend spend at a high rate
		splurge, fling be showy or ostentatious
squander - spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
		waste, blow
		husband, economise, economize, conserve preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
		blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
		expend, use use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
		burn burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

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squander (Verb)
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
squander (Verb)
To scatter; to disperse.

squander (v. t.)
To scatter; to disperse.
squander (v. t.)
To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
squander (v. i.)
To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
squander (v. i.)
To wander at random; to scatter.
squander (n.)
The act of squandering; waste.

squander
skwon′dėr, v.t. to spend lavishly or wastefully: to waste money or powers.—n. Squan′derer.—adv. Squan′deringly, in a squandering manner, by squandering. [Skeat explains as a nasalised form of Lowland Scotch squatter, to splash water about, prov. Eng. swatter, to throw water about. These are frequentatives from Dan. sqvatte, to splash, spurt, squander; Sw. sqvätta, to squirt, Ice. skvetta, to squirt out water.]