Synonyms of expend

expend

verb

ik-ˈspend 

1

as in to spend

to hand over or use up in payment

redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spend
• pay
• give
• disburse
• outlay
• lay out
• shell out
• waste
• drop
• fork (over, out, or up)
• lavish
• squander
• dissipate
• rain
• run through
• throw away
• blow
• fritter (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• save
• make
• acquire
• procure
• earn
• realize
• hoard
• gain
• win
• secure
• lay up
• cache
• garner

2

as in to consume

to make complete use of

settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spend
• consume
• drain
• exhaust
• absorb
• reduce
• deplete
• burn
• use
• eat
• devour
• use up
• decrease
• play out
• waste
• draw down
• run out of
• empty
• diminish
• weaken
• lessen
• downsize
• dwindle
• undermine
• squander
• abate
• bankrupt
• impoverish
• clean (out)
• debilitate
• cripple
• sap
• enfeeble
• disable
• misspend
• guzzle
• dry up
• lower
• blow
• dissipate
• de-escalate
• lavish
• throw away
• run through
• fritter (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increase
• replace
• renew
• augment
• enforce
• enlarge
• reinforce
• strengthen
• restore
• bolster
• save
• preserve
• conserve
• repair
• rebuild
• revive
• fortify
• reenforce

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of expend

While most of these hotels expended their purpose by the time the women’s liberation and Civil Rights movements took hold in the 1960s and ’70s, and were converted into all-gender apartment buildings or demolished, some were still in operation into the 21st century. —Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024

On Low’s side, the Golden State Leadership Fund has been the biggest spender, having expended $399,000 on his candidacy in the primary. —Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024

Brown's Senate colleagues have expended significant effort to support his reelection campaign. —Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024

As a correction to a culture where people expend emotional and cognitive resources to pretend everything is fine, and relationships lacked authenticity, this has been a bonus. —Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024