What is another word for spend?
785 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ spˈɛnd], [ spˈɛnd], [ s_p_ˈɛ_n_d]
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Similar words for spend:
- dip into (noun)
- drop (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pass (noun)
- blow (verb)
- consume (verb)
- deplete (verb)
- devour (verb)
- drain (verb)
- employ (verb)
- exhaust (verb)
- expend (verb)
- experience (verb)
- go (verb)
- invest (verb)
- lavish (verb)
- lead (a life) (verb)
- possession (verb)
- run through (verb)
- scatter (verb)
- shell out (verb)
- squander (verb)
- use (verb)
- work with; consume (verb)
- other synonyms
- consume
- go through
- invest
- other relevant words
- scatter
- shell out
- use up
Synonyms for Spend:
n.
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- outlay.
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- time.
- dip.
- drop.
- pass.
v.
• blow (verb) • consume (verb) • deplete (verb)- de-creasing,
- under-mined,
- de creasing,
- digging in to,
- dug into,
- re-duce,
- dug in to,
- de-crease,
- de-creased,
- digged into,
- under mining,
- uses up,
- digged in to,
- dries up,
- under mined,
- under-mining,
- digs into,
- de creased,
- re-duces,
- de creases,
- re duce,
- digs in to,
- re duces,
- dig in to,
- digging into,
- de-creases,
- de crease.
- chowed down,
- de stroying,
- drank in,
- de-stroys,
- did voraciously,
- dis-patches,
- chowing down,
- hoovered,
- dost compulsively,
- chows down,
- are preoccupied,
- partaking of,
- doest voraciously,
- scarfed down,
- were preoccupied,
- in gests,
- scarfs down,
- doest compulsively,
- drinks in,
- doeth voraciously,
- in gest,
- dis patch,
- de-stroy,
- drunk in,
- de stroyed,
- bolting down,
- in hales,
- rejoicing in,
- was preoccupied,
- dis-patching,
- was engrossed by,
- gloated over,
- didst compulsively,
- gloating over,
- being preoccupied,
- doth voraciously,
- are engrossed by,
- rejoiced in,
- wert preoccupied,
- doeth compulsively,
- revelled in,
- in-gests,
- dis patching,
- is preoccupied,
- feasted on,
- in-haling,
- in-hales,
- in-haled,
- de-stroying,
- am engrossed by,
- partook of,
- wolfing down,
- in-gest,
- hoovering,
- dis patches,
- wast engrossed by,
- de stroys,
- does compulsively,
- revels in,
- doing compulsively,
- didst voraciously,
- doth compulsively,
- revelling in,
- scarfing down,
- wast preoccupied,
- in-hale,
- dis patched,
- being engrossed by,
- in hale,
- am preoccupied,
- dis-patch,
- did compulsively,
- reveling in,
- in haling,
- de-stroyed,
- does voraciously,
- reveled in,
- wert engrossed by,
- art preoccupied,
- gloats over,
- bolts down,
- dost voraciously,
- rejoices in,
- de stroy,
- is engrossed by,
- were engrossed by,
- feasts on,
- in haled,
- doing voraciously,
- dis-patched.
- de vitalizes,
- de vitalize,
- de vitalized,
- with drawing,
- de-vitalizes,
- with draws,
- got last drop,
- de vitalizing,
- de-vitalize,
- freeing from,
- with drew,
- filtered off,
- gat last drop,
- gulped down,
- with-drawing,
- with draw,
- drew off,
- with-drew,
- gets last drop,
- with-drawn,
- freed from,
- draws off,
- bleeding dry,
- de-vitalized,
- drinking up,
- drank up,
- getting last drop,
- gulping down,
- bled dry,
- bleeds dry,
- drinks up,
- gotten last drop,
- filters off,
- drunk up,
- de-vitalizing,
- with drawn,
- gulps down,
- filtering off,
- with-draw.
- be stowing,
- be stowed,
- be-stowing,
- be-stow,
- be-stows,
- kept busy,
- be stow,
- keeps busy,
- be stows,
- bring bear,
- keeping busy,
- be-stowed.
- de clines,
- de-parts,
- de cease,
- de cline,
- de ceased,
- de parting,
- de-clines,
- de-ceased,
- de-parted,
- de-parting,
- ex-pire,
- de parts,
- de-ceasing,
- de-cline,
- de-mise,
- de ceasing,
- folding up,
- de-cease,
- de-ceases,
- de part,
- de-part,
- de mise,
- de ceases,
- folds up,
- de mises,
- de parted,
- de-mises,
- folded up,
- ex pire.
- de-vote,
- buying into,
- puts up dough,
- in vested,
- gets into,
- put dough,
- gat in to,
- de-voted,
- getting into,
- de voted,
- picked the tab,
- picked up tab,
- in fusing,
- in-vested,
- pro vides,
- in-fuse,
- in fused,
- buys stock,
- end-owing,
- buying stock,
- de votes,
- in-fused,
- pro vide,
- gotten into,
- pick up tab,
- de-votes,
- getting in to,
- picks up tab,
- in-vesting,
- picks the tab,
- picked tab,
- de voting,
- in vests,
- gets in to,
- picks up the tab,
- picking up the tab,
- buys in to,
- plowed back into,
- plows back into,
- in vesting,
- went in for,
- pro vided,
- in-vest,
- pick the tab,
- plow back in to,
- pro-viding,
- buy in to,
- bought in to,
- get in to,
- picking up tab,
- got in to,
- de-voting,
- picking the tab,
- in-vests,
- bought stock,
- plowing back in to,
- pro-vide,
- putting up dough,
- end owing,
- buying in to,
- picking tab,
- plowing back into,
- plowed back in to,
- goes in for,
- picks tab,
- in fuses,
- picked up the tab,
- going in for,
- pro-vided,
- end-owed,
- plows back in to,
- de vote,
- pro-vides,
- puts dough,
- end owed,
- putting dough,
- buys into,
- pick tab,
- pro viding,
- bought into,
- gat into,
- gotten in to,
- in-fusing,
- in vest.
- being generous,
- thrusting upon,
- was wasteful,
- is generous,
- art wasteful,
- being wasteful,
- de luged,
- de-luged,
- thrusts up on,
- art generous,
- spending money like water,
- wast wasteful,
- am wasteful,
- are wasteful,
- thrust up on,
- is wasteful,
- wert wasteful,
- thrusts upon,
- thrusting up on,
- de luge,
- spends money like water,
- were generous,
- wast generous,
- de luges,
- wert generous,
- de luging,
- were wasteful,
- was generous,
- de-luges,
- are generous,
- spent money like water,
- de-luging,
- de-luge.
- under going,
- un-derwent,
- lead life,
- under went,
- under-went,
- under-gone,
- under-going,
- under gone,
- led a life,
- un derwent.
- de-ranging,
- be-sprinkle,
- dis-tribute,
- disjected,
- dis cards,
- dis-bands,
- dis card,
- be sprinkled,
- de ranges,
- dis banded,
- put flight,
- de-range,
- throws around,
- putting to flight,
- take off in directions,
- took in directions,
- putting flight,
- setting asunder,
- dis bands,
- dis carding,
- de ranging,
- disjects,
- takes off directions,
- taking off directions,
- dis-unite,
- throwing around,
- takes off in all directions,
- be-sprinkles,
- takes in directions,
- dis-band,
- taking off all directions,
- took off in directions,
- dis tribute,
- dis carded,
- taking directions,
- dis tributes,
- dis-cards,
- dis-unites,
- took in all directions,
- de range,
- dis-carded,
- dis-united,
- taking in all directions,
- takes directions,
- disjecting,
- be sprinkle,
- take all directions,
- puts to flight,
- take in all directions,
- dis-uniting,
- take off all directions,
- taking off in all directions,
- sets asunder,
- dis uniting,
- takes off in directions,
- take in directions,
- takes off all directions,
- dis-carding,
- dis unites,
- be sprinkling,
- dis unite,
- dis-tributes,
- puts flight,
- dis united,
- be-sprinkling,
- de ranged,
- taking all directions,
- took off directions,
- dis-banded,
- took off all directions,
- taking off in directions,
- take directions,
- be sprinkles,
- threw around,
- dis-banding,
- de-ranges,
- took all directions,
- dis band,
- de-ranged,
- dis banding,
- be-sprinkled,
- takes all directions,
- takes in all directions,
- took directions,
- took off in all directions,
- take off directions,
- dis-card,
- taking in directions.
- antes up,
- dis-burse,
- anteing up,
- anted up,
- dis-burses,
- forking over,
- out-laying,
- out laid,
- anteed up,
- pays for,
- dis burse,
- out-laid,
- paying for,
- forked over,
- out laying,
- dis burses,
- payed for,
- out-lay,
- forks over.
- frivoled,
- mis spent,
- throws money around,
- prodigalizing,
- being prodigal with,
- frivolled,
- mis-spends,
- springs for,
- am prodigal with,
- are prodigal with,
- wast prodigal with,
- mis-used,
- cashing out,
- prodigalizes,
- cashes out,
- sprang for,
- mis-spent,
- mis spending,
- wert prodigal with,
- throwing money around,
- threw money around,
- mis-spend,
- mis spend,
- art prodigal with,
- sprung for,
- frivols,
- spending like water,
- spends like water,
- mis-spending,
- springing for,
- was prodigal with,
- frivolling,
- prodigalized,
- were prodigal with,
- spent like water,
- mis spends,
- mis used,
- is prodigal with,
- cashed out,
- mis-using,
- mis using.
- finding a use,
- doest with,
- put work,
- puts work,
- made use,
- puts in to action,
- makes most of,
- making do with,
- made do with,
- make most of,
- presses into service,
- found a use,
- set motion,
- making most of,
- presses in to service,
- finds use,
- making the most of,
- does with,
- plays on,
- doth with,
- playing on,
- puts to work,
- pressing in to service,
- made most of,
- doeth with,
- makes do with,
- played on,
- making use,
- turning to account,
- found use,
- putting in to action,
- re-lated,
- pressed in to service,
- sets motion,
- puts forth,
- took advantage of,
- makes use,
- press in to service,
- puts into action,
- pressing into service,
- finds a use,
- turn account,
- dost with,
- pressed into service,
- turning account,
- finding use,
- re late,
- turns to account,
- bring in to play,
- find use,
- didst with,
- doing with,
- turned account,
- turns account,
- put in to action,
- did with,
- makes the most of,
- putting work,
- putting forth,
- turned to account.
- use.
Other synonyms:
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- chip in,
- lash out,
- fork out,
- spender,
- fund,
- tap out,
- put toward,
- subscribe,
- reimburse,
- defray,
- finance,
- clean out,
- stump up,
- refund,
- maintain,
- spread oneself,
- plunk down,
- bankroll,
- dip into,
- overshoot,
- run up bills,
- pay out,
- prepay,
- remunerate,
- redeem.
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- shell out,
- break into,
- run-through,
- waste,
- target,
- lend,
- tip,
- inject,
- recompense,
- lay out,
- outwear,
- provide for,
- compensate,
- cough up.
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- supplement,
- pick up,
- charge.
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- put in.
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- support.
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- advance.
- avail oneself of,
- finish up,
- washed up,
- finished up,
- avail of,
- run out of,
- avails oneself of,
- Trifled,
- have recourse to,
- obsessing,
- profit by,
- put to use,
- frivol away,
- wash up.
- go in for,
- get into,
- putting in,
- got into,
- puts in,
- put up dough,
- plow back into,
- buy stock,
- pick up the tab,
- buy into.
- enjoy,
- enjoys,
- pumps out,
- bleed dry,
- setting in motion,
- lead,
- frivoling,
- be generous,
- spend money like water,
- putting into action,
- drink up,
- put forth,
- bankrupts,
- dig into,
- eaten,
- putting to work,
- be preoccupied,
- Gorging,
- frivol,
- go,
- blow,
- Demising,
- Bankrupted,
- fold up,
- gloat over,
- thrust upon,
- rejoice in,
- eat,
- be wasteful,
- feeding on,
- scarf down,
- squander,
- find a use,
- passing on,
- sucks dry,
- press into service,
- make the most of,
- pump out,
- Catheterized,
- gulp down,
- siphoning,
- employ,
- siphoned,
- Prodigalize,
- use up,
- Demised,
- passes on,
- Catheterizing,
- passed away,
- wolfs down,
- exhaust,
- drawing off,
- passing away,
- bolt down,
- take last of,
- feasting on,
- Caving,
- set in motion,
- passed on,
- partakes of,
- draw off,
- running out,
- do with,
- catheterize,
- do voraciously,
- keep busy,
- do compulsively,
- play on,
- pass on,
- sucking dry,
- pumped out,
- using up,
- devour,
- revel in,
- leading,
- Relished,
- finish,
- partake of,
- free from,
- catheterizes,
- Exerted,
- frees from,
- make use,
- gulp,
- drinking in,
- suck dry,
- made the most of,
- scatter,
- sucked dry,
- Hoovers,
- be engrossed by,
- pumping out,
- wear down,
- get last drop,
- be prodigal with,
- throw money around,
- feast on,
- cash out,
- drink in,
- wolf down,
- filter off,
- drain,
- deplete,
- dried up,
- make do with,
- put to work,
- invest,
- run through,
- sets in motion,
- Caved,
- spring for,
- dry up,
- getting rid of,
- bolted down,
- turn to account,
- wolfed down,
- chow down,
- put into action,
- used up,
- eating,
- Bankrupting,
- lavish,
- spend like water,
- drying up.
How to use "Spend" in context?
Spend. That word has been associated with happiness and comfort for as long as anyone can remember. For many people, it is something that they look forward to each and every day. And for others, spending is a dreaded event that they would much rather avoid at all costs.
But what is spend, exactly? Spend is the act of spending something that has been earned or gathered. Sometimes this means spending money that someone has earned, like a salary. Other times it means spending money that someone has accumulated, like a stockpile of savings.
Paraphrases for Spend:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
spending.
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Proper noun, singular
spending, spent, Expenditures.
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Noun, plural
Expenditures.
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Noun, singular or mass
spending.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
expenses.
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Proper noun, singular
expenses, estimates, disbursements, revenues.
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Noun, plural
expenses, Investments, outlays, disbursements.
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Verb, past tense
bore, changed, crossed, dropped, increased, involved, moved, required, rose, sat, Depended, Grew, Jumped, Lived, Operated, Shifted.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
brushing, climbing, coming, conveying, crossing, dropping, going, hurting, jumping, letting, moving, passing, posing, proceeding, putting, screening, sending, shifting, shipping, slipping, spreading, switching, turning, walking, Effecting, Migrating, Placing, Transferring, Translating, expenses, Staying, Stepping, transitioning.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
consume, engage, enshrine, expend, give, invest, lend, lose, move, pay, send, sit, stay, survive, take, use, used, utilise, Accorded.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
proceeds, Comes, takes, increases, explains, raises, moves, makes, passes, puts.
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Verb, base form
allot, concentrate, consecrate, consume, disburse, divert, donate, dwell, earmark, elapse, engage, enshrine, expend, give, invest, lend, lose, lost, migrate, move, pay, pretend, redeem, reside, send, sit, smuggle, spare, squander, stay, survive, take, use, utilise, waste, write, Gave, RESPEND.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
expenses.
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Verb, base form
Homophones for Spend:
- supinate, spavined, spinet, seven-day, shopwindow, savant, shipment, spondee, seventh, sycophant, sweep hand, suspend, seventy-two, sphenoid, seventieth, subvent, six-pointed, submit, sapient, seventy, spin out, subunit, spent, spandau, shipmate, suspended.
Hypernym for Spend:
v.
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possession
underspend, overspend.
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stative
get through, overwinter, winter, soldier, DO, weekend, while away, holiday, sojourn, serve, vacation, slum, summer.
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possession
Hyponym for Spend:
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