OVERSPEND Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

overspend

verb

Definition of overspend

as in to splurge

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Recent Examples of overspend Kimberly Palmer, personal finance expert at NerdWallet, agrees that shopping without a meal plan is one of the easiest ways to overspend. — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 29 June 2026 For those who believe local government is overspending, get intimately involved in the budget process. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2026 In contemporary fashion, the fastest route to trouble is not always overspending or underexpanding. — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026 In the non-departmental category, the city is overspending on human resources benefits, and for oil, water and electricity, according to the report. — City News Service, Daily News, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for overspend

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspend

Verb

Crane is known to splurge when Houston has a chance at a championship.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
The 14-story neo-Gothic structure (nicknamed the Jewelers Building) once housed five floors alone of diamond cutters, goldsmiths, and other jewelers, with the rest of the building dedicated to other places for wealthy Detroiters to splurge.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026

Definition of splurge

Verb

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on bestseller lists and has been translated into 40 languages, and Smarter Faster Better, also a bestseller.

— Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
Syeda Sultana, chief operating officer at the digital marketing platform Vettted, spent a decade managing a global sustainability program.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of spend

Verb

Manufacturing meth on-island is pretty much impossible — there aren’t many places to hide a meth lab — so most meth that reaches Hawaii comes from the mainland, as is the case with most products consumed on the islands.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Enrico Rivetto, whose eponymous winery produces three Barolos and one Barbaresco, says locally Barbaresco was consumed more often than Barolo because of its greater drinkability.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of consume

Verb

There are some people who believe that new residents impoverish and take away from our quality of life and our schools.

— Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026
At the same time, serving your nation shouldn’t impoverish you or prevent your spouse or children from having a career or saving for retirement.

— Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026

Definition of impoverish

Verb

If the United States decided to send ground forces into Iran on the scale necessary to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, defending those forces could exhaust the remaining stocks of advanced air-defense systems.

— Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
Both player exhausted their eligibility as seniors last season and went undrafted, but with the new ruling, could find their way back to Orlando.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhaust

Verb

Toronto squandered a sterling performance by Dylan Cease, who allowed two hits and struck out 10 in seven innings.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Wendorf argues that humans, particularly high-performing leaders, often squander their finite energy through people-pleasing, unproductive rumination, and worrying about external opinions, leading to burnout.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of squander

Verb

Smart lighting energy automation shuts that waste down without asking you to remember anything, and the tools to set it up have gotten cheap enough that a single afternoon can pay off for years.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Alonso has arrived at Stamford Bridge after establishing himself as one of Europe’s brightest young coaches, and Chelsea have wasted little time reshaping their squad around the Spaniard’s ideas.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 31 July 2026