Synonyms for expend
Definitions
- v. 1
To consume, exhaust (some resource).
Forms
- Past participle
- expended
e.g. expended → consumed, used, squandered, exerted…
Example sentences
- consume Giraffes consume copious amounts of acacia leaves.
- exert Man has always tried to exert control over nature.
- squander Algeria shouldn't squander its opportunities.
By length
- 3 letters
- use1, pay1, eat1
- 4 letters
- drop1
- 5 letters
- spend1, waste1, exert2
- 6 letters
- employ2, lavish2
- 7 letters
- consume2, swallow2, exhaust2, deplete2
- 8 letters
- squander2, disburse2
- 9 letters
- dissipate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exert2 = 2 syllables).