as in spendthrift
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
in the carefree environment of a vacation, even a person of modest means has the urge to play the high roller
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Recent Examples of high roller
For many Americans, casinos may conjure up glamourous images of James Bond-style sophistication and high roller strategy playoffs, but now a new venue is due to launch—based around UNO.
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Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
As the numbers ramp up, the implications become more dire for high rollers.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 July 2025
But half a million bucks isn’t the highest in the club’s 11-year history, what with high rollers jetting in for such mega events as Super Bowl LIV, Miami Race Week, the Bitcoin conference, Art Basel and more.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 July 2025
Yes, even within the flush context of football in Saudi Arabia, Al Hilal are high rollers, responsible for four of the seven highest transfer fees ever paid by clubs from their country.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2025
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Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
As the numbers ramp up, the implications become more dire for high rollers.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 July 2025
But half a million bucks isn’t the highest in the club’s 11-year history, what with high rollers jetting in for such mega events as Super Bowl LIV, Miami Race Week, the Bitcoin conference, Art Basel and more.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 July 2025
Yes, even within the flush context of football in Saudi Arabia, Al Hilal are high rollers, responsible for four of the seven highest transfer fees ever paid by clubs from their country.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high roller
Noun
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Republicans should make liberals justify their own spendthrift ways, rather than playing defense.—
Erick Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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The last generation’s spendthrifts have become this generation’s scolds, as controversies recur over the same parcels of land with new names in the old roles.—
Andrew Rice,
Curbed,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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The food today is extraordinarily good and prodigal.—
Jeff Kleinman,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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He was raised on Chicago’s North Side by a wastrel father and a mother who struggled to put food on their table.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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Ridley, traumatized by the cancer death of her mother and considered mostly a wastrel by those around her for pursuing a degree in the dread-inducing major of art history, knows a thing or two about the mythology behind these kindly rainbow-spewing creatures.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Who is a time waster and who is your next biggest client?—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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On a gross basis, Villa were the Premier League’s lowest spenders.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Top spenders included brands across the automotive, insurance, retail, technology and quick-service restaurant categories.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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“High roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20roller. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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