SPRING (FOR) Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

spring (for)

verb

Definition of spring (for)

as in to pay

to give what is owed for offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

repudiate

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In that government post paying almost $70,000 a year, Jamal acted as a liaison with the Somali community.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Last month, Democracy Docket surpassed 500,000 free email subscribers, the company first told Semafor, including 70,000 subscribers paying $10 a month or $120 per year.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of pay

Verb

Courtesy of SolComms But for SolComms, the risks of loosening office requirements for a month seem to have paid off.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Lago says the city’s extra payments are part of a strategy to pay off debt faster and have more money available in the future.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of pay off

Verb

Built in the mid-1980s at the height of Cold War tensions, it was upgraded to meet current standards.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Nikhil Basu Trivedi, cofounder of the venture firm Footwork and GPTZero’s sole outside board member before the Superhuman deal, first met Tian through the Princeton network.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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