MEANING
To use money, time, opportunities, or resources carelessly so they are lost.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- squander an opportunity
- squander resources
On the page
The administration squandered the public goodwill it had earned.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- squander
- Past tense
- squandered
- Past participle
- squandered
- Present participle
- squandering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- squander
- Present continuous
- am/is/are squandering
- Present perfect
- have/has squandered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been squandering
- Past
- squandered
- Past continuous
- was/were squandering
- Past perfect
- had squandered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been squandering
- Future
- will squander
- Future continuous
- will be squandering
- Future perfect
- will have squandered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been squandering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: squander; squanders; squandered; squandered; squandering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: squanders.
Practice this word in a sentenceYour margin notes
Keep a thought for later. Sign in to save privately.