Synonyms of lavishes

lavishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of lavish

1

as in pours

to give readily and in large quantities

doting parents lavishing lots of attention on their children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pours
• heaps
• showers
• rains
• gushes
• overwhelms
• streams
• hails
• overflows
• floods
• inundates
• bombards
• swamps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retains
• keeps
• reserves
• withholds
• holds back

2

as in spends

to use up carelessly

a great actor who lavished his talent in lousy movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spends
• loses
• squanders
• wastes
• dissipates
• runs through
• blows
• trifles (away)
• throws away
• consumes
• fritters (away)
• plays ducks and drakes with
• indulges
• fiddles away
• makes ducks and drakes of
• depletes
• misspends
• impoverishes
• exhausts
• expends
• disburses
• splurges
• overspends
• overindulges
• shoots
• lays out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserves
• protects
• preserves
• economizes
• saves
• skimps
• scrimps
• hoards
• lays up