as in spendthrifts
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
he's a spender and she's a tightwad, so naturally they quarrel about money a lot
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Recent Examples of spenders
At places like Oklahoma State and Arkansas, which are not among the top spenders in the sport, Traylor’s propensity to beat the bushes as a fundraiser would pay dividends.
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Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The largest outside spenders in the 2014 race were democratic groups.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Google is one of the largest spenders on computing capacity in Silicon Valley, deploying tens of billions of dollars a year for its products and cloud business.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
However, heavy spenders who consistently exceed $3,000 quarterly in dining, airfare, or hotels may find the caps limiting.
—Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Heavy discounting from the likes of Burberry and Gucci in the past has left them struggling to regain their status among high spenders.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
In recent years, the prodigal spenders at the big Hollywood movies studios were always good for a zero-hour buy.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Despite the team’s paltry payroll, Miami outperformed many of the league’s highest spenders during its midseason turnaround.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
The fit in Boston isn't perfect, but the Red Sox are motivated spenders this offseason after losing the sweepstakes forfree-agentt slugger Juan Soto.
—Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The largest outside spenders in the 2014 race were democratic groups.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Google is one of the largest spenders on computing capacity in Silicon Valley, deploying tens of billions of dollars a year for its products and cloud business.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
However, heavy spenders who consistently exceed $3,000 quarterly in dining, airfare, or hotels may find the caps limiting.
—Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Heavy discounting from the likes of Burberry and Gucci in the past has left them struggling to regain their status among high spenders.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
In recent years, the prodigal spenders at the big Hollywood movies studios were always good for a zero-hour buy.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Despite the team’s paltry payroll, Miami outperformed many of the league’s highest spenders during its midseason turnaround.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
The fit in Boston isn't perfect, but the Red Sox are motivated spenders this offseason after losing the sweepstakes forfree-agentt slugger Juan Soto.
—Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spenders
wasters
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Show me exactly how to reorganize my day to focus on growth drivers first, which of my tasks are secretly time-wasters dressed as important work, and how to say no to everything else.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Spenders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spenders. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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