Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: afval
- Amharic: ቀጥል
- Arabic: النفايات
- Azerbaijani: tullantıların
- Bashkir: ҡалдыҡтары
- Belarusian: адходаў
- Bulgarian: отпадъци
- Bengali: বর্জ্য
- Bosnian: otpada
- Catalan: residus
- Cebuano: awa-aw
- Czech: odpad
- Welsh: gwastraff
- Danish: affald
- German: Abfall
- Greek: αποβλήτων
- Esperanto: mal
- Spanish: los desechos
- Estonian: jäätmed
- Basque: hondakin
- Persian: زباله
- Finnish: jätteiden
- French: déchets
- Irish: dramhaíola
- Scottish Gaelic: sgudail
- Galician: residuos
- Gujarati: કચરો
- Hebrew: פסולת
- Hindi: अपशिष्ट
- Croatian: otpad
- Haitian: fatra
- Hungarian: hulladék
- Armenian: թափոնների
- Indonesian: limbah
- Icelandic: úrgangur
- Italian: rifiuti
- Japanese: 廃棄物
- Javanese: sampah
- Georgian: ნარჩენების
- Kazakh: қалдықтарды
- Khmer: សំណល់
- Kannada: ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ
- Korean: 폐
- Kyrgyz: калдыктарды
- Latin: vastum
- Luxembourgish: Abfall
- Lao: ສິ່ງເສດເຫລື
- Lithuanian: atliekų
- Latvian: atkritumi
- Malagasy: fako
- Mari: тор
- Maori: ururua
- Macedonian: отпад
- Malayalam: മാലിന്യ
- Mongolian: хаягдал
- Marathi: कचरा
- Hill Mari: каса
- Malay: sisa
- Maltese: l-iskart
- Burmese: စွန့်ပစ်
- Nepali: बर्बाद
- Dutch: afval
- Norwegian: avfall
- Punjabi: ਰਹਿੰਦ
- Papiamento: di diesdos
- Polish: odpadów
- Portuguese: lixo
- Romanian: deșeuri
- Russian: отходов
- Sinhalese: අපද්රව්ය
- Slovak: odpad
- Slovenian: odpadki
- Albanian: mbeturinave
- Serbian: отпада
- Sundanese: runtah
- Swedish: avfall
- Swahili: taka
- Tamil: கழிவு
- Telugu: వ్యర్థాలు
- Tajik: партовҳои
- Thai: เสีย
- Tagalog: basura
- Turkish: atık
- Tatar: калдыкларны
- Udmurt: жуг
- Ukrainian: відходів
- Urdu: فضلہ
- Uzbek: chiqindilarni
- Vietnamese: thải
- Xhosa: inkunkuma
- Yiddish: וויסט
- Chinese: 废物
Synonyms, close and similar words for waste
- waste product
- garbage
- debris
- litter
- riffraff
- wastepaper
- trash
- dust
- offal
- rubbish
- dross
- slop
- chaff
- dung
- dirt
- squander
- lavish
- misspend
- dissipate
- desert
- wild
- spend
- consume
- run off
- go
- sewage
- effluent
- sewer
- sink
- squandering
- extravagance
- wastefulness
- prodigality
- dissipation
- expenditure
- unnecessary
- unproductive
- junk
- scrap
- devastate
- decimate
- ravage
- heath
- barren
- lose
- destroy
- ruin
- annihilate
- ordure
- waste matter
- effluvia
- excrement
- scat
- feces
- desolate
- refuse
- languish
- wilt
- decay
- attrition
- desolation
- fritter
- pine away
- emaciate