Nouns (3)
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prodigal, profligate, squanderer
n. a recklessly extravagant consumer
Verbs (0)
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Adverbs (0)
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Adjectives (5)
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prodigal
adj. marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life"
extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift
adj. recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
Fuzzynyms (17)
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hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker
n. someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
libertine, debauchee, rounder
n. a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate
n. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
reprobate, miscreant
n. a person without moral scruples
improvident
adj. not provident; not providing for the future
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
great
adj. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"
outermost, outmost
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
Synonyms (9)
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short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic
adj. lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
thriftless
adj. careless of the future
unforethoughtful
adj. lacking forethought
pound-foolish
adj. unwise in dealing with large sums
uneconomical, uneconomic
adj. wasteful of resources
Antonyms (9)
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thrifty
adj. careful and diligent in the use of resources
economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting
adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
prudent
adj. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"
sparse, thin
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
prodigal
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