Money
Synonyms for squander
The synonym for squander recorded in this bank is dissipate, in the sense "to waste money or resources carelessly". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for squander
- dissipateverb, in the sense "to waste money or resources carelessly"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and squander carries one sense so far.
to waste money or resources carelessly
He was determined not to squander his inheritance on fast cars and bad investments.
The true synonym
dissipate
Same sentence, swapped: He was determined not to dissipate his inheritance on fast cars and bad investments.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- invest
- donate
- inherit
Where squander turns up in the game
squander is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play squander
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so squander reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because money is the company squander keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. squander carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.