Synonyms of outgo

outgo

noun

ˈau̇t-ˌgō 

1

as in expense

a payment made in the course of achieving a result

last year the film company's outgoes exceeded its revenues by a wide margin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expense
• cost
• expenditure
• outlay
• disbursement
• price
• rate
• charge
• overhead
• outflow
• tariff
• toll
• tab
• spending money
• pocket money

2

as in departure

the act of leaving a place

the outgo of the town's only remaining manufacturing plant was a disaster

Synonyms & Similar Words

• departure
• withdrawal
• going
• evacuation
• exodus
• departing
• parting
• leave
• retirement
• flight
• exiting
• quitting
• exit
• leave-taking
• farewell
• decampment
• emigration
• lighting out
• walking out
• retreat
• decamping
• diaspora
• egress
• abandonment
• embarkation
• relinquishment
• running away
• embarkment
• disembarkation
• forsaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appearance
• arrival
• coming
• advent
• approach
• entrance
• ingress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outgo

The resulting gaps between income and outgo become structural deficits — very much like what’s been happening with the state budget. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

In another part of the building, a fresh inspiration strikes and a blueprint gets tweaked, and, before long, a daunting $5 million project comes in at close to $9 million, well after outgo was supposed to have given way to income. — Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 10 May 2025