Nearby Words
Main Entry:
spend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give, pay out
Synonyms: absorb, allocate, ante up, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty, evote, exhaust, expend, foot the bill, fritter, give, hand out, invest, lavish, lay out, liquidate, misspend, outlay, pay down, pay up, put in, run through, settle, shell out, spring for, squander, throw away, use, use up, waste
Antonyms: earn, get, receive
Main Entry: blow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: use up money
Synonyms: dissipate, lay out, pay out, spend, squander, waste
Antonyms: save
Main Entry: consume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: use up
Synonyms: absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out
Antonyms: accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store
Example Sentences
  • Some spend the night to get a choice time on another course.
  • The remaining students will spend less or more time depending on the various external factors.
  • Germany's saving glut allowed others to spend freely and to run up large debts.
EXPAND
Main Entry: deplete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: consume, exhaust supply
Synonyms: bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken
Antonyms: add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase
Main Entry: devour
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: swallow, consume
Synonyms: absorb, annihilate, appreciate, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt, bolt down, chow down, cram, delight in, destroy, dispatch, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feast on, feed on, gloat over, go through, gobble, gorge*, gulp, guzzle, hoover, imbibe, ingest, inhale, partake of, pig out, polish off, ravage, rejoice in, relish, revel in, scarf down, spend, stuff, take, take in, use up, waste, wipe out, wolf down, wolf*
Antonyms: abstain, pick
Main Entry: drain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove liquid; remove supply
Synonyms: abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry, catheterize, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, filter off, finish, free from, get last drop, get rid of, gulp down, impoverish, lessen, milk, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry, swallow, tap, tax, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw
Antonyms: fill, pour
Main Entry: employ
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make use of
Synonyms: apply, bestow, bring to bear, engage, exercise, exert, exploit, fill, handle, keep busy, manipulate, occupy, operate, put to use, spend, take up*, use, use up, utilize
Antonyms: ignore, misuse, shun, unemploy
Main Entry: exhaust
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: consume, use up
Synonyms: bankrupt, bleed dry, deplete, devour, dispel, disperse, dissipate, drain, draw, dry, eat, eat up, empty, expend, finish, impoverish, run out, run through, spend, squander, strain, suck dry, take last of, void, wash up, waste
Antonyms: refresh, replenish
Main Entry: finish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: consume, use up
Synonyms: deplete, devour, dispatch, dispose of, drain, drink, eat, empty, exhaust, expend, go, run through, spend, use, wash up
Antonyms: keep, maintain, save, store
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