Spends [verb]
Definition of Spends:
give, pay out
Synonyms of Spends:
● Use
● Waste
● Consume
● Give
● Invest
● Expend
● Employ
● Settle
● Allocate
● Drop
● Donate
● Blow
● Exhaust
● Confer
● Drain
● Squander
● Dispense
● Misspend
● Defray
● Disburse
● Lavish
● Bestow
● Deplete
● Absorb
● Apply
● Empty
● Fritter
● Hand out
● Lay out
● Outlay
● Put in
● Ante up
● Cough up
● Evote
● Pay down
● Pay up
● Use up
Opposite/Antonyms of Spends:
● Be lazy
● Receive
● Get
● Earn
● Fill
● Take
● Keep
● Hold
● Neglect
● Build
● Save
● Hoard
● Shun
● Withhold
Sentence/Example of Spends:
Men who take from the poor daily interest for a drachma, and spend it in debauchery.
He ran over in his mind the friends with whom he could spend the time agreeably.
And so to-night I am going to spend them, not prudently on bread, but prodigally on beer.
They waste the time one should spend in making them come true.
"To come home and read, or spend a social evening with a friend," George answered.
The afternoon was not spent as George had been accustomed to spend it.
Will you spend the hours from eight to ten with me to-morrow evening at my house?
I have crowns in my pouch, my sweet, and I mean to spend them.
I have invited you to my house, and asked you to spend the night in this room, and sleep in this bed.
She was too proud to ask him to spend more of his evenings with her.