Synonyms of expended

expended 1 of 2

adjective

as in consumed

Related Words

• consumed
• spent
• depleted
• drained
• exhausted
• diminished
• reduced
• lessened
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• bankrupted
• uncultivable
• dry
• arid
• untillable
• used up
• dried-up
• sere
• thirsty
• desert
• droughty
• waterless
• lifeless
• rainless
• inhospitable
• waste
• baked
• dehydrated
• bleak
• unproductive
• parched
• sunbaked
• impoverished
• unfertile
• barren
• poor
• desolate
• bony
• infertile
• hardscrabble
• dead
• stark

Dissimilar Words

• productive
• fruitful
• rich
• fertile
• lush
• luxuriant
• arable
• green
• tillable
• verdant
• sylvan

expended

2 of 2

verb

past tense of expend

1

as in spent

to hand over or use up in payment

redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spent
• paid
• disbursed
• gave
• outlaid
• laid out
• wasted
• forked (over, out, or up)
• shelled out
• lavished
• dropped
• squandered
• rained
• dissipated
• threw away
• ran through
• blew
• frittered (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saved
• made
• procured
• acquired
• earned
• realized
• hoarded
• gained
• secured
• laid up
• won
• cached
• garnered

2

as in exhausted

to make complete use of

settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spent
• consumed
• exhausted
• drained
• absorbed
• reduced
• depleted
• burned
• used
• wasted
• ate
• emptied
• devoured
• used up
• drew down
• played out
• decreased
• ran out of
• diminished
• lowered
• dwindled
• weakened
• sapped
• lessened
• downsized
• bankrupted
• undermined
• cleaned (out)
• misspent
• abated
• impoverished
• squandered
• crippled
• debilitated
• lavished
• enfeebled
• dissipated
• dried up
• disabled
• guzzled
• de-escalated
• blew
• threw away
• ran through
• frittered (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increased
• replaced
• renewed
• augmented
• enlarged
• enforced
• reinforced
• strengthened
• restored
• preserved
• saved
• repaired
• revived
• rebuilt
• fortified
• bolstered
• conserved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expended

Adjective

Power said members of the Detective Division responded to the scene and found several bullet holes on the outside of the building as well as several expended shell casings in the parking lot. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026

The expended casing was submitted to a national ballistic imaging database, called NIBIN, run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025

Verb

Then, the Clippers willingly expended their draft capital in hopes to open a championship window. — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

The medical industry has spent enormous effort making more advanced tests but expended little effort learning how to use tests correctly. — Daniel Morgan, STAT, 6 July 2026

Wildfires have been a frequent and traumatic threat to our community, and all resources to determine the identity of the person who started the fire have been expended. — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 19 June 2026

For example, does the compensation include a value for the time needed to go through the claim process rather than attending to other tasks or the extra diligence expended to minimize the losses? — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 6 July 2026

Here, the material can be charged earlier by light or another energy source, stored in the dark, and then used later to power a chemical reaction after the original energy input has been expended. — New Atlas, 3 July 2026