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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Squander \Squan"der\, noun The act of squandering; waste.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Squander \Squan"der\ (skw[o^]n"d[~e]r), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Squandered} (-d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squandering}.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv["a]tta to squirt, sqv["a]ttra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.]
1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.]
Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden.
2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. --Rambler.
Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Squander \Squan"der\, verb (used without an object)
1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
They often squandered, but they never gave. --Savage.
2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.]
The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
squander
verb
1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" [syn: {waste}, {blow}] [ant: {conserve}]
2: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: {consume}, {waste}, {ware}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "squander": ablate, absorb, assimilate, bleed white, blow, budget, burn up, consume, cost, cost out, decrease, deplete, depreciate, digest, disburse, dissipate, drain, drain of resources, dribble away, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, extravagancy, finish, finish off, fool away, fork out, fritter, gamble away, go through, gobble, gobble up, hang the expense, impoverish, incur costs, ingest, invest, lavish, lavishness, lay out, open the purse, outlay, overdoing, pay, pay out, prodigality, put out, run through, scatter, schedule, seize the day, shell out, shrink, sink money in, slather, sow broadcast, spend, splurge, suck dry, swallow, swallow up, throw, throw away, throw money around, use up, waste, waste away, wastefulness, wear, wear away
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