Synonyms of shells out

shells out

verb

present tense third-person singular of shell out

as in spends

to hand over or use up in payment

we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spends
• pays
• gives
• lays out
• outlays
• disburses
• expends
• forks (over, out, or up)
• drops
• runs through
• throws away
• rains
• wastes
• lavishes
• blows
• dissipates
• fritters (away)
• squanders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saves
• makes
• lays up
• realizes
• acquires
• wins
• earns
• hoards
• gains
• secures
• procures
• caches
• garners

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shells out

As guests don waders and walk into the shallow bay to the floating baskets where Navy Cove cultivates its bivalves, co-owner Eric Bradley shells out oyster-farming facts. — Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 May 2026

For hundreds less than competing flip phones, Motorola shells out a heavy dose of bendable fun. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026

Google already shells out billions to Apple each year to be the default search engine on iPhones. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026