SPLURGES Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of splurge

as in consumes

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

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noun

plural of splurge

as in indulgences

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Recent Examples of splurges

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For years, American families have relished the vast marketplace that global trade offers, finding essentials and splurges online at prices tailored to various budgets. — Leif Larson, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025

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The company said the design consumes approximately 30 percent less fuel than comparable conventional aircraft.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Not every abnormal reading is an emergency, yet every alert consumes clinical attention.

— Ayush Jain, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of consumes

Noun

The spa There are treatment rooms for a variety of massages, facials, and indulgences based on Wei Qi, a concept rooted in traditional Chinese medicine that boosts the body’s defenses.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
What began as an academic dispute became a public controversy, and questions about indulgences soon expanded into larger debates about salvation, Scripture, and papal authority.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of indulgences

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As for battery life, the MacBook Air wins most of the face-offs here, but loses to some key rivals, namely the HP Googlebook 14, by a fair margin.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
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— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of loses

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In 20 years’ time, one of the extravagances in these pages may be as commonplace as the smartphone is now.

— John Vorwald, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
The beachside Kayuputi restaurant is easily one of the island’s best, offering extravagances like wagyu beef carpaccio and Sturia caviar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of extravagances

Verb

That pretty much exhausts the points of agreement between the pro- and anti-Proposition 40 camps.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Instead of occupying both sides with large cooling vents, air enters toward the front of the station and exhausts through the rear.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausts

Noun

Growing shares of Americans call relative luxuries unaffordable, too.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
With The Keepers, Black Tomato co-founder Tom Marchant predicts that in a world where nearly anything can be looked up or generated in seconds, human knowledge and connection are the ultimate luxuries.

— Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026

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