squander

Other forms of squander

past tense

squanderred·

present participle

squanderring·

third person

squanders·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about squander

What does squander mean?

squander means "spend thoughtlessly; throw away". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in squander?

squander has 2 syllables: squan-der. The stress falls on "squan". In IPA it is /ˈskwɑndɚ/.

What is another word for squander?

Close synonyms include waste, blow, consume, waste, ware. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is squander a common word?

squander is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.