SPENDING Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

spending

verb

present participle of spend

as in paying

to hand over or use up in payment I always end up spending too much money at the mall

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as in consuming

to make complete use of the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January

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as in wasting

to use up carelessly spent all his energy on impractical schemes

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Recent Examples of spending After spending some time by the pool, a semi-Olympic lined with emerald and malachite mosaics that glinted in the soft, ambient light, followed by a quick trip to the sauna, I was escorted to my treatment room, about a half-flight of stairs up, where I was met by Marcia, my therapist. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 These features help give you an idea of your most up-to-date financial status without spending much time manually logging information or allocating every dollar. —

Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 June 2026 Pavelski had been with the Sharks for 13 seasons, spending the last four as the team’s captain. —

Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 New York — Tickets to the NBA Finals in New York are so hot that fans are spending thousands of dollars – even for nosebleed seats. —

Matt Egan, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 Any assaulter of mine spending less time on the field is A-OK, though. —

Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 3 June 2026 Throughout the trial, defense attorneys maintained that the spending prosecutors labeled as embezzlement was transparent and in accordance with the union’s constitution. —

Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026 Shehorn, a Hollywood makeup artist, survived the attack after undergoing emergency surgery and spending several days in intensive care. —

Julie Sharp, CBS News, 3 June 2026 The idea to create a docu-fiction where a character is inserted into real-life environments to interact with unsuspecting locals came to Ribeiro after spending long periods of time in El Paso as a journalist covering immigration. —

Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026

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After signing a waiver, strapping on a helmet and paying a $30 fee, audience members can ride along in the passenger seat of a professional driver’s drift car.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Gas taxes ultimately make up just a small portion of the amount consumers are paying at the pump.

— Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 8 June 2026