lavishing
The word “lavishing” has 3 syllables: la-vish-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈlæ.vɪʃ.ɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for lavishing?
In the thesaurus, “lavishing” has 54 synonyms and 22 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for lavishing along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for lavishing
- be generous
- be wasteful
- blowing
- bombarding
- consuming
- deluge
- depleting
- disbursing
- dissipate
- dissipating
- exhausting
- expend
- expending
- fiddling away
- flooding
- fritter
- give
- go through
- gushing
- hailing
- heap
- heaping
- impoverishing
- indulging
- inundating
- laying out
- losing
- making ducks and drakes of
- misspending
- overflowing
- overindulging
- overspending
- overwhelming
- playing ducks and drakes with
- pour
- pouring
- raining
- run through
- running through
- scatter
- shooting
- showering
- spend
- spend money like water
- spending
- splurging
- squander
- squandering
- streaming
- swamping
- throwing away
- thrust upon
- waste
- wasting
Antonyms for lavishing
- collect
- conserving
- economize
- economizing
- gather
- hoard
- hoarding
- hold
- holding back
- keeping
- laying up
- limit
- preserving
- protecting
- reserving
- retaining
- save
- saving
- scrimping
- skimping
- starve
- withholding
Meanings of lavishing
- verb
- To give out extremely generously; to squander.
- To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
Example Sentences
- She was lavishing her guests with endless compliments and attention.
- The designer is known for lavishing intricate details on every piece of clothing.
- He spent hours lavishing care on his prized garden.
- The celebrity chef enjoys lavishing his dishes with exotic spices and flavors.
- They were lavishing their children with expensive gifts for the holidays.
On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lavishing, such as: be generous, be wasteful, blowing, bombarding, collect, conserving, consuming.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- magnanimous
- making ducks and drakes of
- malnutrition
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