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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person careless with money |
| Synonyms: | big spender, dissipater, high-roller, improvident, imprudent, prodigal, profligate, spender, sport, squanderer, waster, wastrel |
| Antonyms: | miser, saver |
| Main Entry: | prodigal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wasteful |
| Synonyms: | dissipated, excessive, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, intemperate, lavish, profligate, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, wanton |
| Antonyms: | careful, thrifty |
| Main Entry: | prodigal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who spends a lot |
| Synonyms: | big spender, compulsive shopper, deep pockets, dissipator, high roller, profligate, spender, spendthrift, sport, squanderer, waster, wastrel |
| Main Entry: | profligate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wasteful |
| Synonyms: | extravagant, immoderate, improvident, lavish, prodigal, reckless, spendthrift, squandering |
| Antonyms: | careful, saving |
| Main Entry: | wanton |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, thriftless, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild |
| Antonyms: | careful, observant, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | wasteful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not economical |
| Synonyms: | careless, cavalier, destructive, dissipative, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, incontinent, lavish, liberal, overdone, overgenerous, pound-foolish, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, ruinous, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, uneconomical, unthrifty, wanton, wild |
| Antonyms: | economical, thrifty, unwasteful |
| Main Entry: | wastrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loafer |
| Synonyms: | idler, profligate, rake, spendthrift, squanderer, vagabond, vagrant, waster |
| Main Entry: | supererogative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wanton |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, gratuitous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, supererogatory, thriftless, uncalled-for, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild |
| Main Entry: | supererogatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wanton |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, gratuitous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, supererogative, thriftless, uncalled-for, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild |
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