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

amplitudes
annihilates
assassinates
attritions
badlands
barrens
beats
bests
blasts
blots out
blows
blows up
breadths
breakdowns
breaks
breaks down
brushes
bushes
butchers
clobbers
compasses
conquers
consumes
corrosions
creams
cripples
crushes
cuts down
damages
debilitates
decays
decimates
decompositions
defaces
defeats
demolishes
depletes
depresses
depths
deserts
desolates
desolations
despoils
destroys
deteriorates
devastates
devitalizes
dilapidates
disables
disassembles
disburses
disfigures
disintegrates
disintegrations
dismantles
dispatches
dissipates
dissipations
dissolutions
dissolves
distances
does in
domains
drubs
dust bowls
dynamites
effaces
enervates
enfeebles
eradicates
erodes
erosions
etiolates
excesses
executes
exhausts
expanses
expansions
expends
expunges
extensions
extents
exterminates
extinguishes
extirpates
extravagances
fells
fiddles away
fields
gamuts
guts
hamstrings
harms
havocs
heaths
hurts
immensities
immoderacies
impairs
impoverishes
incapacitates
indulgences
indulges
injures
invalids
kills
kills off
latitudes
lavishes
lays out
lays up
lengths
licks
liquidates
loots
loses
losses
luxuries
magnitudes
makes ducks and drakes of
mangles
mars
massacres
masters
misspends
murders
mutilates
natures
nukes
obliterates
outdoors
overbears
overcomes
overindulgences
overindulges
overkills
overmatches
overspends
paralyzes
pillages
plains
plays ducks and drakes with
plunders
prodigalities
profligacies
profusions
prostrates
pulls down
pulverizes
ranges
ravages
razes
reaches
removes
routs
rubs out
ruins
runs through
sacks
saps
scales
scopes
scotches
scours
self-indulgences
shatters
sheets
shoots
skunks
slaughters
slays
smashes
softens
spans
spectra
spectrums
spends
spheres
splurges
spoils
spreads
squanders
stretches
subdues
surmounts
sweeps
takes down
takes out
tears down
territories
thrashes
throws away
tires
totals
tramples
trashes
trims
trounces
unbuilds
undoes
unmakes
unmans
vandalizes
vaporizes
vitiates
voids
wallops
washes out
wastages
wastelands
weakens
wears down
wears out
whips
wildernesses
wilds
wipes out
wracks
wrecks
zaps

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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