waste

Main Entry:
dissipation [dis-uh-pey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wantonness
Synonyms: abandonment, debauchery, dissoluteness, dissolution, drunkenness, evil, excess, extravagance, free-living, high-living, indulgence, intemperance, lavishness, life in the fast lane, prodigality, profligacy, self-gratification, squandering, to hell in handbasket, waste
Antonyms: unselfishness, virtue
Main Entry: drain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove liquid; remove supply
Synonyms: abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry, catheterize, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, filter off, finish, free from, get last drop, get rid of, gulp down, impoverish, lessen, milk, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry, swallow, tap, tax, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw
Antonyms: fill, pour
Main Entry: dregs
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sediment
Synonyms: deposits, dirt, draff, lees, residue, settlings, slag, waste
Main Entry: eliminate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove, throw out
Synonyms: annihilate, blot out, bump off, cancel, cast out, count out, cut out, defeat, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense with, dispose of, disqualify, disregard, do away with, drive out, drop, eject, eradicate, erase, evict, exclude, expel, exterminate, get rid of, ignore, invalidate, kill, knock out, leave out, liquidate, murder, omit, oust, phase out, put out, reject, rub out, rule out, set aside, shut the door on, slay, stamp out, take out, terminate, waive, waste, wipe out
Antonyms: accept, choose, include, keep, ratify, sanction, welcome
Main Entry: emptiness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: void, bareness
Synonyms: blank, blankness, chasm, depletedness, desertedness, desolation, destitution, exhaustion, gap, hollowness, inanition, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, waste
Antonyms: capacity, fill, fullness
Main Entry: empty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: containing nothing
Synonyms: abandoned, bare, barren, blank, clear, dead, deflated, depleted, desert, deserted, desolate, despoiled, destitute, devoid, dry, evacuated, exhausted, forsaken, godforsaken, hollow, lacking, stark, unfilled, unfurnished, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, vacated, vacuous, void, wanting, waste
Antonyms: complete, entire, filled, full, replete, sated, satisfied
Main Entry: eradicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: destroy; remove
Synonyms: abate, abolish, annihilate, blot out, demolish, deracinate, do away with, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, mow down, obliterate, off*, purge, raze, root out, rub out, scratch*, scrub, shoot down, squash, stamp out, take out*, torpedo, total, trash, unroot, uproot, wash out, waste, weed out, wipe out
Antonyms: aid, assist, bear, create, establish, fix, help, institute, plant
Main Entry: erode
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deteriorate; wear away
Synonyms: abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, grind down, scour, spoil, waste, wear down
Antonyms: build, construct, fix, rebuild
Main Entry: excess
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: overabundance of something
Synonyms: balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness
Antonyms: dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want
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