EXPEND Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

expend

verb

ik-ˈspend

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

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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

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Recent Examples of expend One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026 Roughly 1,100 missiles expended translates to between 1.5 and 3 tons of NdFeB feedstock. —

Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2026 The county expended $19 million of the funds to complete 53 projects protecting more than 1,900 acres and leveraged over $34 million in partnership funds. —

Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026 Does that mean the Santa Ana Police Department could potentially bill the federal government for more than half a million dollars for resources expended responding to anti-ICE demonstrations in June 2025? —

Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for expend

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The neighborhood It’d be easy to spend a week around Nay Palad’s beachfront area, alternating between dips in the pool, reading books in a hammock, and tours around the gin-clear water in a see-through kayak—but on-the-up Siargao is well worth exploring.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
What this narrative neglects are all the ways treatment might cause terrible side effects, or the long period one spends being sick, and how one’s identity may have changed in the interim.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026