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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1. Robert Rector:

   They get $3 in benefits for every $1 they spend.

2. Geoff LeBaron:

   People just adore them, when people harass them, it's to the detriment of the birds. It can cause them to spend more energy and push them over the edge. If they are starving already, it can cause them to starve to death.

3. Libby Rodney:

   My compromise is just to work from home on the days I'm not traveling to maximize my work time, shed that commute time, and just be near my child, i want to reduce my hours not as much to spend time with my son, but to actually enjoy the time I have with him, to be present, to not feel burnt out.

4. Brandt Snedeker:

   This is why we spend so much time away from our families as well as so much time on the golf course,( working) to be in contention and have a chance to win at the weekend.

5. Austin Beutner:

   The experts have all said we do not have the ability to spend more than we're spending.