" dissipating "

1: as in wasteful, squandering;

•  Synonyms : 

•  frittering,

•  prodigal,

•  profligate,

•  spendthrift,

•  splurging,

•  squandering,

•  wasteful,

•  wasting,

•  thriftless,

•  unthrifty,

•  compassionate,

•  good-hearted,

•  greathearted,

•  kindly,

•  magnanimous,

•  openhearted,

•  beneficent,

•  benevolent,

•  hospitable,

•  humanitarian,

•  philanthropic,

•  extravagant,

•  free,

•  handsome,

•  lavish,

•  overgenerous,

•  profuse,

•  altruistic,

•  selfless,

•  unselfish,

•  bounteous,

•  bountiful,

•  charitable,

•  freehanded,

•  generous,

•  liberal,

•  munificent,

•  openhanded,

•  unsparing,

•  unstinting

•  Antonyms : 

•  cheap,

•  chintzy,

•  close,

•  closefisted,

•  mean,

•  mingy,

•  miserly,

•  parsimonious,

•  penny-pinching,

•  penurious,

•  pinching,

•  pinchpenny,

•  spare,

•  sparing,

•  stingy,

•  stinting,

•  tight,

•  tightfisted,

•  uncharitable,

•  ungenerous,

•  careful,

•  chary,

•  conserving,

•  economical,

•  economizing,

•  frugal,

•  saving,

•  scrimping,

•  skimping,

•  thrifty,

•  acquisitive,

•  avaricious,

•  avid,

•  coveting,

•  covetous,

•  desirous,

•  grasping,

•  greedy,

•  hoggish,

•  itchy,

•  mercenary,

•  rapacious,

•  selfish,

•  shabby,

•  small,

•  sordid

1: as in squandering;

•  Synonyms : 

•  squandering,

•  spendthrift,

•  extravagance,

•  improvidence,

•  lavishness,

•  prodigality,

•  wastefulness,

•  tribute,

•  gift,

•  gratuity,

•  lagniappe,

•  kindness,

•  beneficence,

•  charity,

•  kindliness,

•  selflessness,

•  bigheartedness,

•  bountifulness,

•  bounty,

•  generosity,

•  generousness,

•  largesse,

•  liberality,

•  munificence,

•  openhandedness,

•  openheartedness,

•  philanthropy,

•  unselfishness

•  Antonyms : 

•  cheapness,

•  closeness,

•  meanness,

•  miserliness,

•  parsimony,

•  penuriousness,

•  pinching,

•  selfishness,

•  stinginess,

•  tightness,

•  ungenerosity,

•  conserving,

•  economizing,

•  economy,

•  frugality,

•  husbandry,

•  providence,

•  scrimping,

•  skimping,

•  thrift,

•  conservation,

•  saving,

•  husbanding,

•  managing,

•  scraping,

•  cutting back

1: to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart;

  * e.g., " ... dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire "

•  Synonyms : 

•  clearing out,

•  disbanding,

•  dispelling,

•  dispersing,

•  scattering,

•  squandering

•  Antonyms : 

•  assembling,

•  clustering,

•  collecting,

•  concentrating,

•  congregating,

•  gathering,

•  ingathering

2: to use up carelessly;

  * e.g., " ... dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blowing,

•  fiddling away,

•  frittering (away),

•  lavishing,

•  losing,

•  misspending,

•  running through,

•  spending,

•  squandering,

•  throwing away,

•  trifling (away),

•  wasting

•  Antonyms : 

•  conserving

3: to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole;

  * e.g., " ... the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force "

•  Synonyms : 

•  disassembling,

•  dispersing,

•  dissolving,

•  scattering

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart;

  * e.g., " ... dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire "

•  Synonyms : 

•  clear out,

•  disband,

•  dispel,

•  disperse,

•  scatter,

•  squander

•  Antonyms : 

•  assemble,

•  cluster,

•  collect,

•  concentrate,

•  congregate,

•  gather,

•  ingather

2: to use up carelessly;

  * e.g., " ... dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blow,

•  fiddle away,

•  fritter (away),

•  lavish,

•  lose,

•  misspend,

•  run through,

•  spend,

•  squander,

•  throw away,

•  trifle (away),

•  waste

•  Antonyms : 

•  conserve

3: to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole;

  * e.g., " ... the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force "

•  Synonyms : 

•  disassemble,

•  disperse,

•  dissolve,

•  scatter

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)