Synonyms of wastrel

wastrel

noun

ˈwā-strəl 

as in spendthrift

someone who spends money freely or foolishly

the black sheep of the family, he ended up being a wastrel and a drunkard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wastrel

Atay lingers on the outskirts, keeping the company of workers and wastrels, poets and drunks—all those who refuse the monumental transformations of Turkish society. — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024

Henry Muck, suitably nicknamed Prince Hal by his family and friends, may be Industry’s version of the ultimate privileged wastrel. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024

The always-entertaining Bruce Turk steals all his scenes as Ranevskaya’s spoiled and wastrel brother, Leonid Gayev. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023

Selby is a wastrel with a criminal past, yet his mother keeps providing him with soft places to fall. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023