/ Thesaurus / U Synonyms of using up Find synonyms for: Noun1. consumption, using up, expenditure, depletionusage: the act of consuming somethingVerb1. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out, spend, expend, dropusage: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"2. take, occupy, use up, use, expendusage: require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: simian Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language