| 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: | spend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use time; occupy |
Synonyms: |
consume, devote, drift, employ, fill, fool around, fritter, go, idle, kill, laze, let pass, misuse, pass, put in, squander, waste, while away |
Antonyms: |
be lazy |
| 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 |
| 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: | disbursement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
Synonyms: |
cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending |
Antonyms: |
deposit, hoard, savings |
| 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: | enjoyment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession; use of |
Synonyms: |
advantage, benefit, exercise, having, indulgence, ownership, spending, using |
Antonyms: |
lack, need, want |