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wasting
adjective as in ailing
Strong matches
adjective as in corrosive
adjective as in lessening
Strong matches
noun as in carnage
noun as in decay
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in depredation
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in emaciation
noun as in putrefaction
Strong matches
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- breakdown
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- putrescence
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- withering
Weak matches
noun as in putrescence
Strong matches
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- breakdown
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- putrefaction
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- withering
Weak matches
noun as in putridness
Strong matches
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- breakdown
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putridity
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- withering
Weak matches
noun as in spoilage
Strong matches
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- breakdown
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilation
- withering
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Check whether there are any quick fixes to make sure you are not wasting energy or heat.
“I am done wasting away in Plinkst, that is for certain!” she announced.
“Stop wasting everyone’s time. You will vote the way I do. We are married, after all.”
Well, I do not plan on wasting it in this lab, day after day after day, learning how to become spatial teleportation scientists.
Nor was I planning the morning’s activities or concerned about wasting minutes or hours that could be better spent on a project.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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