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
In 2025, the average payroll of MLB’s top five spenders was almost five times that of the bottom five, the widest gap the sport has recorded since at least 1985.
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
The Street is simply more apt to reward those spenders with the infrastructure in place to sell excess compute.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 28 May 2026
One of the highest spenders, Amazon, reported spending $26 million on union consultants, the study found.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Sephora’s core loyalty program, Beauty Insider and soon after VIB for the top spenders, launched in 2007.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
Forest have spent almost £600million in the past five years, according to data collection site Transfermarkt, which is actually more than Villa and places them ninth in the Premier League spenders list over that period.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The stock market gains that Alphabet is producing are not being matched by other big AI spenders such as Microsoft and Facebook parent Meta Platforms, whose stock price plunged by about 6% in extended trading after disclosing an investment strategy being second guessed by investors.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Some estimates show that China was among the lowest research spenders worldwide in 1980.
—Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
The other top spenders were the Illinois Network of Charter Schools and Urban Center.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
The Street is simply more apt to reward those spenders with the infrastructure in place to sell excess compute.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 28 May 2026
One of the highest spenders, Amazon, reported spending $26 million on union consultants, the study found.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Sephora’s core loyalty program, Beauty Insider and soon after VIB for the top spenders, launched in 2007.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
Forest have spent almost £600million in the past five years, according to data collection site Transfermarkt, which is actually more than Villa and places them ninth in the Premier League spenders list over that period.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The stock market gains that Alphabet is producing are not being matched by other big AI spenders such as Microsoft and Facebook parent Meta Platforms, whose stock price plunged by about 6% in extended trading after disclosing an investment strategy being second guessed by investors.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Some estimates show that China was among the lowest research spenders worldwide in 1980.
—Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
The other top spenders were the Illinois Network of Charter Schools and Urban Center.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spenders
wasters
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Include categories for deep work, admin tasks, communication, and time wasters.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Spenders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spenders. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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