Synonyms of spendthrift

spendthrift 1 of 2

adjective

as in wasteful

given to spending money freely or foolishly

spendthrift consumers had amassed a mountain of debt on their credit cards

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

spendthrift

2 of 2

noun

as in wastrel

someone who carelessly spends money

the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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