waster

Other forms of waster

plural

wasters·

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 waster

What does waster mean?

waster means "someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in waster?

waster has 2 syllables: wa-ster. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈweɪstɚ/.

What is another word for waster?

Close synonyms include wastrel, destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter. 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 waster a common word?

waster 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.