fritterer

noun

Definition of fritterernext
as in spendthrift
someone who spends money freely or foolishly a wastrel who had the dubious distinction of being the drunken fritterer of one of the largest fortunes ever amassed in America

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fritterer
  1. spendthrift
  2. high roller
  3. prodigal
  4. wastrel
  5. waster
  6. spender
Noun
  • To be a valid spendthrift trust in Illinois, three factors must be met.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The split screen of Bezos and his spendthrift wife, Lauren Sánchez, frolicking everywhere — including Paris Fashion Week — while the tech mogul defiles the crown jewel nurtured by Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham is sickening.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of spendthrift
Noun
  • That high roller has been banned from the property, where rooms can start at 1,500 CHF (about $1,800 USD) a night in the summer.
    — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • The kind of one-on-one coaching high rollers get at physical tables, in his telling, becomes available to anyone on the site.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Definition of high roller
Noun
  • Twenty-six James Bond films (the 25 Eon joints, plus the prodigal Never Say Never Again) are coming to Netflix this month.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
Definition of prodigal
Noun
  • Foster died destitute in 1864, after falling and injuring himself in the bathroom of a hotel on the Bowery, becoming perhaps the first of many famous wastrels in American popular music.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • Delery ruminates on her wastrel youth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of wastrel
Noun
  • The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of waster
Noun
  • Carpenter was a frugal spender and continued working for the IRS after winning the grand prize.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
  • Investors will keep an eye on the megacaps to see just how much longer the current dynamic — in which the big AI spenders are punished as semiconductor makers are rewarded — can last.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Definition of spender
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“Fritterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritterer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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