Definition of waster Waster

/wejˈstɚ/ - [weyster] -

We found 11 definitions of waster from 6 different sources.

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What does waster mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

waster - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
  destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter
  bad person a person who does harm to others
  annihilator a total destroyer
  image breaker, iconoclast someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
  diversionist, saboteur, wrecker someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
waster - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
  wastrel
  prodigal, squanderer, profligate a recklessly extravagant consumer
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • waster (v. t.)
    One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
  • waster (v. t.)
    An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
  • waster (v. t.)
    A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • waster
    A person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • waster
    A kind of trident used for striking salmon in the north.

Part of speech

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  • waster, noun, singular of wasters.
  • waster, adjective, comparative of waste.

Pronunciation

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