retail therapynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈriː.teɪl ˌθer.ə.pi/us/ˈriː.teɪl ˌθer.ə.pi/humorousthe act of buying special things for yourself in order to feel better when you are unhappy:
I needed a lot of retail therapy to help me get over my ex-boyfriend.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buying
- acquisitiveness
- approval
- bid
- bidding war
- bite
- brand loyalty
- bulk-buy
- import
- kick the tires idiom
- load up on sth
- money-off
- on the slate idiom
- order form
- order sth in
- over the counter idiom
- shop around
- shopaholic
- shopping
- stock up
- trade-in
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