Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spend lavishly |
| Synonyms: | be extravagant, binge, celebrate, fling, give a party, rampage, spread |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save |
| Main Entry: | expend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust; spend |
| Synonyms: | ante up, blow*, consume, disburse, dish out, dispense, dissipate, distribute, employ, finish, foot the bill, fork out, give, go through*, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out, shell out, splurge, spring for, throw money at, use up, wash up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, bottom line, cash on barrelhead, charge, come to, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback, outgo, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, spending, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unrestrained behavior |
| Synonyms: | affair, attempt, binge, celebration, crack*, essay, fun, gamble, go*, good time, indulgence, orgy, party, rampage, shot*, splurge, spree, stab*, trial, try, venture, whirl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | orgy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration devoted to sensual enjoyment |
| Synonyms: | bacchanal, bacchanalia, bender, binge*, blowout, bout*, carousal, circus, debauch, dissipation, excess, feast, fling*, indulgence, jag, merrymaking, overindulgence, party, rampage*, revel, revelry, saturnalia, splurge, spree, surfeit, tear* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ostentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibitionism, flashiness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, array, boast, boasting, brag, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, demonstration, display, exhibition, false front, flamboyance, flash*, flaunting, flourish, fuss, garishness, grandstand play, magnificence, pageant, pageantry, parade, parading, pomp, pomposity, pompousness, pretending, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, shine*, show, showiness, showing off, showoff, spectacle, splendor, splurge, swagger*, swaggering, swank, vainglory, vaunt, vaunting, window-dressing |
| Antonyms: | modesty, plainness, quiet, reservation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | party |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social gathering |
| Synonyms: | affair, amusement, at-home, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout, carousal, carousing, celebration, cocktails, coffee klatch, coming-out, dinner, diversion*, do*, entertainment, feast, festive occasion, festivity, fete, fun, function, gala, get-together, luncheon, movable feast, orgy, prom, reception, riot, shindig*, social, soiree, splurge, spree*, tea |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rampage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storm, violence |
| Synonyms: | binge, blowup, boiling point, destruction, disturbance, ferment, fling, frenzy, fury, mad*, more heat than light, orgy, rage, ruckus, splurge, spree, tear, tempest, tumult, turmoil, uproar, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | splash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spattering, impact |
| Synonyms: | burst, dash, display, effect, patch, sensation, splurge, stir, touch |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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