Synonyms of lavishes

lavishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of lavish

1

as in pours

to give readily and in large quantities

doting parents lavishing lots of attention on their children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pours
• heaps
• showers
• rains
• gushes
• overwhelms
• streams
• hails
• overflows
• floods
• inundates
• bombards
• swamps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retains
• keeps
• reserves
• withholds
• holds back

2

as in spends

to use up carelessly

a great actor who lavished his talent in lousy movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spends
• loses
• squanders
• wastes
• dissipates
• runs through
• blows
• trifles (away)
• throws away
• consumes
• indulges
• fritters (away)
• plays ducks and drakes with
• fiddles away
• depletes
• misspends
• impoverishes
• exhausts
• expends
• disburses
• splurges
• overspends
• overindulges
• shoots
• lays out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserves
• protects
• preserves
• economizes
• saves
• skimps
• scrimps
• hoards
• lays up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lavishes

Bogost lavishes praise on hobbies (fly-fishing), crafts (knitting), and trades (woodworking) as ways to dwell in sensory experience. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 June 2026

In one particularly confessional episode, the Belgian star lavishes his wife with praise while waxing lyrical about his past mistakes. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026

When Ray lavishes attention on another biker’s pet pillion, Kevin (Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters), Colin sulks until his master unzips his trousers and gives him a treat. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026

Majumdar lavishes her characters with careful attention, and so the reader comes to regard their most troubling actions as justified, if not inevitable. — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025

An ancillary of the brand’s best-selling, ambery-woody eau, each aluminum tube contains a quick-absorbing lotion that lavishes skin with moisture, keeping hands feeling comfortable and cuticles softened with its moisturizing blend of avocado oil, shea butter, plus green tea and chamomile extracts. — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

Spain’s Mediterranean sun lavishes Sitges promenade, warming the sand and surf anew each day in summer. — Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2025

Branagh lavishes close-ups on his actors and gives them standout moments in his screenplay, as when Caitriona Balfe, as Ma, goes into a long, impassioned speech about why the family mustn’t leave Belfast. — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2021