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

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How to use spend in a sentence?

1. Photographer Blincoe:

   You could take a photo of a bouquet of flowers or you could spend five hours clipping the tops and arranging them by gradient, it's just a different way of looking at something that other people aren't willing to put in the time for.

2. Tara Kuczykowski:

   It's usually better to spend a little more on a quality backpack that's going to last, than on a very inexpensive backpack advertised to get you in the store.

3. Emeasoba George:

   Never hear the end of afterworld/afterlife i.e. always be reminded of afterworld/afterlife where you will surely spend eternity either in hell or heaven.

4. House Speaker John Boehner:

   We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics.

5. Tim Darms:

   Because it hinders education, it hinders economic growth, when children have to spend hours collecting water or children have to stay home being sick.

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