Word Explorer

Spends

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spends"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

WordDefinition
passverbTo change place.
expendverb(transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource).
use upverb(of a resource) To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.
dropverb(intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
affectsverb(transitive) To influence or alter.
affirmsverbTo assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
allocatesverbTo set aside for a purpose.
assertsverbTo declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
buysnounA surname from Dutch.
comesnoun(music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
commitsverb(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
consecratesverb(transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
consumesverb(transitive) To eat.
dedicatesverb(transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action.
dependsverb(intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
devotesverbto give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
directsverbTo manage, control, steer.
disbursesverb(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
dodgesverb(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
earmarksnoun(figurative) (finance) An act of designating certain funds to be used for a specific purpose; specifically (US, politics), a designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project.

🎨 Adjectives for "Spends"

Popular adjectives used to describe this word in books.

📝 Common Phrases with "Spends"

Words that come before

Words that come after

Translate “Spends” into Another Language

Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.