Synonyms of lavished

lavished

verb

past tense of lavish

1

as in heaped

to give readily and in large quantities

doting parents lavishing lots of attention on their children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heaped
• poured
• showered
• rained
• flooded
• overwhelmed
• inundated
• hailed
• gushed
• streamed
• overflowed
• swamped
• bombarded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kept
• reserved
• retained
• withheld
• held back

2

as in spent

to use up carelessly

a great actor who lavished his talent in lousy movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spent
• lost
• wasted
• squandered
• dissipated
• misspent
• threw away
• frittered (away)
• blew
• ran through
• consumed
• fiddled away
• trifled (away)
• played ducks and drakes with
• indulged
• expended
• exhausted
• splurged
• depleted
• impoverished
• disbursed
• overindulged
• overspent
• laid out
• shot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserved
• preserved
• protected
• saved
• skimped
• economized
• scrimped
• hoarded
• laid up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lavished

The messages quickly took on a romantic tone, the lawsuit claims, all while the coach allegedly lavished the player with gifts, including direct payment of some $450 and AirPods worth another $400. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

Its following includes Emmy voters, who lavished the series with 19 nominations, the most of any new series this year. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Critics lavished praise on the film, so much so that chatter about potential Oscar attention kicked up in Hollywood. — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

While many soccer fans and media observers have given Fox a mixed report card compared with ESPN, Pitaro lavished praise on his competitor. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 July 2026

Although much attention was lavished on their July 1986 royal wedding, their married life was complicated by scandal. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 July 2026

The old temples of Tamil Nadu are a treasure-trove of forms incised on stone or magicked from brass, and lavished daily with fruit and flowers, incense and sandalwood, music and light. — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026

Likewise, Wong’s bricks are beyond compare in the attention lavished on each individual building block. — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026

An obvious contributor, also cited by Powell, is the king’s ransom being lavished on AI data centers, projected to reach almost $1 trillion this year, multiples of the number three years ago. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 May 2026