Synonyms for spend
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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, passverb

   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, spend, 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, dropverb

   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, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cast off, shed, omit

3. spendverb

   spend completely

   "I spend my pocket money in two days"

   Synonyms:
   pass, expend, drop

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1. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   expend, disburse, lay out

2. spendverb

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

3. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   employ, devote, bestow, apply

4. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   pass, lead

5. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   lay out money, incur expense

6. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   vanish, be lost, be consumed

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1. spendverb

   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. Dr. Laura Schlessinger:

   Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

2. Hudson Henry:

   The time you spend ahead of time is going to really pay off so that you are not struggling, trying to figure it out during the middle of this amazing event, you should be spending at least half of your time just enjoying it.

3. Otis Brawley:

   We have a lot of patients who spend their families into bankruptcy getting a hyped therapy that [many] know is worthless.

4. Corry Bliss:

   In this environment, we must win August to win November, by going on offense, we are forcing Democrats to spend money earlier than planned.

5. Jeremy Allaire:

   By using USDC, these Venezuelans can spend in dollars, which are currently far more stable than Venezuelas native bolivar, the bolivar has seen 2,358.5% inflation in 2020 alone.