OVERSPEND Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

overspend

verb

Definition of overspend

as in to splurge

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Recent Examples of overspend For those who believe local government is overspending, get intimately involved in the budget process. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2026 In contemporary fashion, the fastest route to trouble is not always overspending or underexpanding. — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026 Kimberly Palmer, personal finance expert at NerdWallet, agrees that shopping without a meal plan is one of the easiest ways to overspend. — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 29 June 2026 In the non-departmental category, the city is overspending on human resources benefits, and for oil, water and electricity, according to the report. — City News Service, Daily News, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for overspend

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspend

Verb

Streamline the Cooking Area The home's kitchen is just inside the French doors—so there was no need to splurge on an elaborate outdoor cooking area.

— Rory Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2026
Broadway’s newest ticketing venture wants theatergoers to subscribe instead of splurge.

— Marc Hershberg, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of splurge

Verb

During our time away, our neighbors visited with us at the hospital, looked after our house and came over daily to feed and spend time with our cat.

— Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
American doctors are so conspicuously well-paid that a group of economic researchers spent years trying to figure out why.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Definition of spend

Verb

Every one of those calls consumes tokens and touches a system with its own permissions.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Public health data has taught us that alcohol, which can be fine when consumed in moderation, can be harmful to individual and societal health in excessive amounts.

— Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of consume

Verb

The One Big Beautiful Bill also removed a tax on Social Security benefits, depleting another source of the program's revenue.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Without significant reform measures from Congress, the widening deficit threatens to deplete the trust funds that finance Social Security in 2032, and Medicare one year later.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Definition of deplete

Verb

There are some people who believe that new residents impoverish and take away from our quality of life and our schools.

— Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026
At the same time, serving your nation shouldn’t impoverish you or prevent your spouse or children from having a career or saving for retirement.

— Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026

Definition of impoverish

Verb

Budweiser's free beer promotion for America's 250th and its own 150th anniversary quickly exhausted its initial $150,000 budget, disappointing many.

— Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
His one non-negotiable is that his players take a similar approach and are exhausted when leaving the pitch.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of exhaust

Verb

Still, Twain squandered his own fortune and Livy’s inheritance on developing Paige’s invention, even as the Mergenthaler Linotype became the industry standard, rendering Paige’s machine worthless.

— Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Iyanla Vanzant, the program’s host, chided Holmes for squandering much of her fortune, buying properties and paying allowances to hangers-on.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026

Definition of squander

Verb

Once again, no one is here for the play-acting, the time-wasting, the cheating.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Rather than simply reducing power use across the board, the system attempts to identify exactly when machinery is wasting energy and proposes operational changes that can reduce consumption without disrupting productivity.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026