Synonyms of profligate

profligate 1 of 2

adjective

as in wasteful

given to spending money freely or foolishly

profligate movie producers hoping to create the next blockbuster

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wasteful
• spendthrift
• extravagant
• generous
• prodigal
• unthrifty
• liberal
• high-rolling
• reckless
• careless
• thriftless
• lavish
• squandering
• philanthropical
• philanthropic
• improvident
• bountiful
• munificent
• injudicious
• imprudent
• heedless
• unselfish
• unstinting
• myopic
• shortsighted
• incautious
• charitable
• bighearted
• openhanded
• indulgent
• openhearted
• unsparing
• unwise
• freehanded
• self-indulgent
• wanton
• splurging
• freehearted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• economical
• frugal
• thrifty
• conserving
• miserly
• parsimonious
• stingy
• cheap
• spare
• penurious
• tightfisted
• sparing
• niggardly
• tight
• judicious
• penny-pinching
• careful
• prudent
• mean
• economizing
• close
• sensible
• wise
• pinching
• scrimping
• skimping
• stinting
• provident
• farsighted
• foresighted
• forehanded
• closefisted
• foreseeing
• forethoughtful

profligate

2 of 2

noun

1

as in spendthrift

someone who spends money freely or foolishly

a profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spendthrift
• wastrel
• prodigal
• spender
• waster
• dissipate
• squanderer
• high roller
• fritterer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• economizer
• miser
• skinflint
• niggard
• cheapskate
• tightwad
• saver
• piker
• penny-pincher
• conserver
• scrooge

2

as in degenerate

a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard

a drunken profligate, he was given to wretched excess in every aspect of his life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degenerate
• pervert
• libertine
• rake
• villain
• playboy
• deviate
• derelict
• debaucher
• backslider
• rakehell
• delinquent
• debauchee
• decadent
• bankrupt
• reprobate
• rip
• scoundrel
• perv
• heel
• blackguard
• knave
• cad
• rogue
• incorrigible
• rascal
• satyr
• lecher
• miscreant
• playgirl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saint

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