splurging 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of splurgingnext
as in uncontrolled

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

splurging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of splurge
as in consuming
informal to spend more money than usual on something for yourself You should let yourself splurge once in a while.

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for splurging
  1. uncontrolled
  2. consuming
  3. reckless
  4. losing
  5. extravagant
  6. spending
  7. gluttonous
  8. intemperate
Adjective
  • Patrollers will trigger slides with explosives, or by slope-cutting—skiing at a 45-degree angle across a hillside—prior to a run opening to reduce the risk of uncontrolled avalanches while the terrain is open.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Those included that Anthony Fauci didn't organize a campaign to suppress theories that COVID originated with a lab leak, and that the Trump administration's pandemic response led to the uncontrolled spread of COVID in nursing homes.
    Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of uncontrolled
Verb
  • At its peak, the wildfire that ignited Monday expanded at an alarming rate, consuming an area larger than five football fields per minute and destroying at least seven structures.
    Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Health officials in California's Marin County said the child experienced fever and vomiting after drinking the unpasteurized milk and warned others against consuming any raw milk products.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of consuming
Adjective
  • There’s nothing impressive about burning out in the pursuit of reckless expansion.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Anyone who saw the 1939 MGM musical version of The Wizard of Oz has the image of Margaret Hamilton’s tinted skin implanted in his psyche, but Chu’s posing the Barbie-pink fad against arsenic-green’s implications of danger proves reckless.
    Armond White, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of reckless
Verb
  • The Monarchs haven’t come close to losing all season thanks to a dominating defense and an offense that relies on running back Jordon Davison and quarterback Dash Beierly, who are committed to Oregon and Washington, respectively.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of losing
Adjective
  • The extravagant procession will be followed by lunch at Buckingham Palace and a cultural exhibition.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Liberian Collard Greens with Smoked Herring (Image credit: Matt Taylor-Gross / Saveur) All the extravagant cooking of the holiday and winter season warrants tonifying contrast.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of extravagant
Verb
  • As a result, businesses have gone through a rollercoaster ride, continuously spending on marketing efforts that ultimately fail.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • After spending the holidays struggling with someone’s dull knife set, get them a gift card to get their knives sharpened ($5 a knife).
    Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of spending
Adjective
  • In this, the second-to-last time Friends would celebrate November’s most gluttonous holiday, Rachel’s obnoxious sister Amy (Christina Applegate) invites herself to Thanksgiving, and the conversation turns to who would get custody of baby Emma if Rachel and Ross died.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
  • For his part, Handel—a generally agreeable though fiercely proud man, witty and gluttonous and gouty, and given to polylingual swearing—was probably indifferent to such political and sectarian matters.
    Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of gluttonous
Adjective
  • The shooting unfolded just as Biden was attempting to focus his campaign even more sharply on criticizing Trump, including for his intemperate rhetoric and divisive message, as an effort to move the conversation beyond his performance in the June 27 presidential debate.
    Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
  • Edsall has developed a knack for soliciting revealing quotes from his sources, lulling them into a sense of false security only to tease out their most intemperate inner thoughts.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Apr. 2024
Definition of intemperate
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Thesaurus Entries Near splurging

splurges

splurging

splutter

See More Nearby Entries 

Cite this Entry

“Splurging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splurging. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

Copy Citation

Share

More from Merriam-Webster on splurging

Nglish: Translation of splurging for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See All

Point of View: It's Personal

Plural and Possessive Names: A Guide

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Words You Always Have to Look Up
See All

Popular in Wordplay

See All

More Words with Remarkable Origins

8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments

Birds Say the Darndest Things

10 Words from Taylor Swift Songs (Merriam's Version)

10 Scrabble Words Without Any Vowels
See All

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
confused man standing between two doors
One Word or Two? Take the Quiz! Some words just need a little space.