Synonyms for spend
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1. spend, pass(verb)

   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, drop(verb)

   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. spend(verb)

   spend completely

   "I spend my pocket money in two days"

   Synonyms:
   pass, expend, drop

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1. spend

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

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

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1. spend

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

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

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1. spend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   expend, disburse, lay out

2. spend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   waste, consume, exhaust, squander, dissipate, lavish, use up

3. spend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   employ, devote, bestow, apply

4. spend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   pass, lead

5. spend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   lay out money, incur expense

6. spend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   vanish, be lost, be consumed

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1. spend(v)

   Synonyms:
   expend, disburse

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1. List of paraphrases for "spend":

   devote, expend, spending, pass, dedicate, skip, respend, invest, allocate, expenditure, go, move

How to pronounce spend?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

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Indian

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How to use spend in a sentence?

1. Marcel Fairbairn:

   I spent what I needed to spend to build the best system, but I ’m also stubborn. I made the mistake in the first few years of trying to ‘ fix ’ franchising. I always looked around and did not want to do things like other franchises. But I was wrong.

2. Greg McBride:

   The vast majority of Americans are worried about a hit to their household income in the coming months due to the pandemic, this widespread worry and hesitancy to spend will weigh on the pace of economic recovery.

3. Wolfe Herd:

   I'd rather be overly ambitious than completely complacent, i think that we all have a choice with how we spend the hours of our day.

4. Trey and Matt Stone Parker:

   You know, I think that if parents would spend less time worrying about what their kids watch on TV and more time worrying about what's going on in their kids' lives, this world would be a much better place.

5. Larry Morris:

   It was a '49 DeSota, and I'll spend most of my time [in Havana] looking at the old cars go by to see if I can find it!

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