Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

splurge

[splurj] / splɜrdʒ /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

If you want to splurge, there’s a meet-and-greet with Gibson plus VIP Platinum admission for $739.38, including tax and fees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

So to avoid a splurge of festival fashion/dad on school run at the first sign of summer, this is the criteria: no more than one shirt per World Cup, and one per country.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

If you don’t splurge on an airport lei greeting, pick one up at a local Target.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

And yes, sometimes that means recommending specialty ingredients genuinely worthy of a relative splurge: the good vanilla, candied citrus, Kewpie over the bottom-shelf mayonnaise.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

When Southside had a payday for his carpentry work, he’d sometimes splurge and buy himself a new album.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




Vocabulary lists containing splurge


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "splurge" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com