Synonyms for spend
Definitions
- v. 1
To pay out (money).
I've already spent hundreds of dollars buying dog chow.
Related words
- Word family
- spendable spend-all spendthrift spendworthy spendy
- Phrases
- spend a penny
Forms
- Past participle
- spent
e.g. spent → expended, payed, employed, squandered…
Example sentences
- pay What price do we have to pay for these advantages?
- employ The company has unofficially decided to employ me.
- expend According to the budget, she could expend no more on supplies.
- squander Algeria shouldn't squander its opportunities.
- devote She seems to devote all her effects to her career.
- outlay The initial outlay is quite high, but it's sure to pay off.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1
- 4 letters
- lead1, drop1, pass1
- 5 letters
- waste1
- 6 letters
- suffer2, employ2, devote2, lavish2, bestow2, expend2, outlay2
- 7 letters
- consume2, exhaust2
- 8 letters
- squander2, disburse2
- 9 letters
- dissipate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (suffer2 = 2 syllables).