Antonyms for spend
spɛndspend

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.6 / 5 votes

1. spend

   Antonyms:
   accumulate, aggregate, amass, collect, gather, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, store up

   Synonyms:
   disperse, dissipate, divide, parcel, portion, scatter, squander, waste

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. spend

   Antonyms:
   retain, save, hoard, accumulate, husband, economize

   Synonyms:
   bestow, waste, exhaust, squander, expend, lay out, consume, disburse, lavish

Matched Categories

1. • Use Up

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spend, passverb

   pass time in a specific way

   "how are you spending your summer vacation?"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, die, turn over, go, slide by, fade, hand, drop, legislate, happen, egest, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, expend, transcend, make it, authorize, expire, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, snuff it, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, come about, choke, pop off, go across, overtake, travel by, glide by, extend, decease, fall, pass, pass by, clear, exit, conk, excrete, buy the farm, pass along, authorise, go along, surpass, guide, pass on

2. spend, expend, dropverb

   pay out

   "spend money"

   Synonyms:
   unload, fell, dribble, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, expend, send away, set down, flatten, pass, swing, use, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, overlook, knock off, miss, cast off, shed, omit

3. spendverb

   spend completely

   "I spend my pocket money in two days"

   Synonyms:
   pass, expend, drop

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   expend, disburse

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. earn

   earn means not spend the money on product

   Submitted by anonymous on December 18, 2019  

2. earn

   spend on something; give away something

   she didn't spend money on toys

   Submitted by rinat on May 10, 2016  

How to use spend in a sentence?

1. Jeff Denham:

   We're having a discussion about E-Verify and Ag jobs -- two very important issues that we've yet to discuss so far, so we're going to spend the weekend and delay the vote until next week to see if we can come to a compromise on those final two issues.

2. Chiara Scaglia:

   The perception of the lingerie sector has changed, at the beginning many people we spoke to were confused as to why anybody should spend over $1,000 on panties for something nobody sees.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   I represented New York, and I represented New York on 9/11 when we were attacked, where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is. I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild. That was good for New York.

4. Nataliya Kosmina:

   As much time and effort as we're all going to spend to make these kinds of devices and implants accessible and safe and put them out there, we would need to spend the same amount of time and energy on first, ethical issues, and second, privacy and security.

5. Song Myung-sup:

   Functions (that) Samsung's mobile phones have are not attractive enough for customers to spend more money on.

How to pronounce spend?

How to say spend in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency