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fritter away
Overview of verb fritter-away
The verb fritter away has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away -- (spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance")
Antonyms of verb fritter-away
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fritter-away
1 sense of fritter away
Sense 1
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fritter-away
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fritter-away
1 sense of fritter away
Sense 1
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
'Cause To' of verb fritter-away
Derived Forms of verb fritter-away
Domain of verb fritter-away
Domain Terms of verb fritter-away
Familiarity of verb fritter-away
fritter away used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb fritter-away
1 sense of fritter away
Sense 1
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fritter-away
1 sense of fritter away
Sense 1
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> luxuriate, wanton
=> lavish, shower
=> overspend
=> splurge, fling
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fritter-away
Sense 1
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
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