transitive verb. 1 : to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate, waste squandered a fortune. 2 : to cause to disperse : scatter.

What is difference between waste and squander?

As verbs the difference between squander and waste

is that squander is to waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate while waste is to devastate or destroy.

What is the synonym of squander?

waste, misspend, misuse, throw away, dissipate, fritter away, run through, lose, lavish, spend recklessly, spend unwisely, make poor use of, be prodigal with, spend money like water.