ware

1. 1.

   spend extravagantly

   “waste not, want not”

   Synonymsconsumesquanderwaste

   Broaderspend

   Narrowerdrinkfritterluxuriatelavishoverspendsplurge

Other forms of ware

plural

wares·

past tense

wared·

present participle

waring·

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 ware

What does ware mean?

ware means "articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ware?

ware has 1 syllable: ware. In IPA it is /ˈwɛɹ/.

What is another word for ware?

Close synonyms include merchandise, product, consume, squander, waste. 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 ware a common word?

ware is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ware?

25 words rhyme with ware. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.