spend time
While away moments
To spend time is to use a period of time for some purpose or in some way: I spent the afternoon reading, We spend too much time on social media.
The phrase emphasizes time as a resource that gets allocated—you spend time with people, on activities, or doing things.
Unlike pass time, which suggests filling idle hours, spend time often implies deliberate investment.
- hang outSpend time idly together
- get togetherInformal social meeting
- investCommit resources for gain
- laughExpress amusement vocally
- parkPublic leisure grounds
while away · socialize · chat · unwind · idle · one on one · fritter away · chill · dedicate · engage · loaf · leisure · lazy Sunday · lounge · savor · bond · picnic · occupy
- idlingidle, idled, loaf, loafed, laze
- mindfulnessmindfulness, meditation, meditate, breathe, breath
- companionshipaccompanied, unaccompanied, together, alone, solo
- visiting actionsvisit, drop by, stop by, call on, pop in
spend timebuy time
Delay to gain advantage
waste time · avoid · skip · neglect · forgo
spend timecut short
End before completion
hurry · skip · breeze through · curtail · get it over with
time, spend, spending, spends, expenditure, spendthrift, spender, unspent, misspend