Scrabble & Words with friends points
- waste is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- waste is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- waste is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of waste
- cause to grow thin or weak (verb)
Synonyms
- emaciate
- macerate
- run off as waste (verb)
Examples
- The water wastes back into the ocean
Synonyms
- run off
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away (verb)
Examples
- He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
Synonyms
- blow
- squander
- become physically weaker (verb)
Synonyms
- rot
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (verb)
Synonyms
- do in
- knock off
- liquidate
- neutralise
- neutralize
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb)
Examples
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonyms
- desolate
- devastate
- lay waste to
- ravage
- scourge
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief (verb)
Synonyms
- languish
- pine away
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate (adjective)
Examples
- waste places
Synonyms
- godforsaken
- wild
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation (noun)
Examples
- the trackless wastes of the desert
Synonyms
- barren
- wasteland
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (noun)
Examples
- if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
Synonyms
- dissipation
- wastefulness
- spend extravagantly (verb)
Examples
- waste not, want not
Synonyms
- consume
- squander
- ware
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect (noun)
Synonyms
- permissive waste
- the trait of wasting resources (noun)
Examples
- a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
- the wastefulness of missed opportunities
Synonyms
- thriftlessness
- wastefulness
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (noun)
Examples
- they collect the waste once a week
- much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
Synonyms
- waste material
- waste matter
- waste product
- get rid of (verb)
Examples
- We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
- use inefficiently or inappropriately (verb)
Examples
- waste heat
- waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
See definition of waste in Merriam Webster