Synonyms of shells out

shells out

verb

present tense third-person singular of shell out

as in spends

to hand over or use up in payment

we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spends
• pays
• gives
• lays out
• outlays
• disburses
• expends
• forks (over, out, or up)
• drops
• runs through
• throws away
• rains
• wastes
• lavishes
• blows
• dissipates
• fritters (away)
• squanders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saves
• makes
• lays up
• realizes
• acquires
• wins
• earns
• hoards
• gains
• secures
• procures
• caches
• garners

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shells out

As guests don waders and walk into the shallow bay to the floating baskets where Navy Cove cultivates its bivalves, co-owner Eric Bradley shells out oyster-farming facts. —Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 May 2026

For hundreds less than competing flip phones, Motorola shells out a heavy dose of bendable fun. —Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026

Google already shells out billions to Apple each year to be the default search engine on iPhones. —Samantha Subin, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026