Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun squandering

1 sense of squandering

Sense 1
squandering -- (spending resources lavishly and wastefully; "more wasteful than the squandering of time")
       => waste, wastefulness, dissipation -- (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb squander

2 senses of squander

Sense 1
waste, blow, squander -- (spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree")
       => use, expend -- (use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions")

Sense 2
consume, squander, waste, ware -- (spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not")
       => spend, expend, drop -- (pay out; "spend money")