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EARN Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word earn. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For EARN

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debt
nounn
noun

• the state of owing something (especially money)

• money or goods or services owed by one person to another

• an obligation to pay or do something

deficit
nounn
noun

• the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

• a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

• (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing

• an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

incur
verbv
verb

• make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

lose
verbv
verb

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

• fail to win

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

• allow to go out of sight or mind

• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

• fail to get or obtain

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• withdraw, as from reality

• be set at a disadvantage

owe
verbv
verb

• be obliged to pay or repay

• be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense

• be in debt

spend
verbv
verb

• use up a period of time in a specific way

• pay out

• spend completely

squander
verbv
verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• spend extravagantly

waste
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

adjective satellite

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

Alternatives for DEBT

Alternatives for DEFICIT

Alternatives for INCUR

Alternatives for LOSE

Alternatives for SPEND

Alternatives for SQUANDER

Alternatives for WASTE

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