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
Then came oil and gas, the glamorous high roller that brought big money and big swings.
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Reid Rasner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
It was taken in July 2022 at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort, during an annual tournament where high rollers at the property’s casino are rewarded for their questionable impulses by being paired on the course with celebrities.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Now, nearly a decade later, that early vision of a resort hotel that would cater, first and foremost to the casino’s high rollers, devoted players and out-of-towners, has arrived.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The hedge fund king, who boasts a net worth of $37.6 billion (give or take), beat out six other high rollers for his prize in the live auction.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 July 2024
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Reid Rasner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
It was taken in July 2022 at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort, during an annual tournament where high rollers at the property’s casino are rewarded for their questionable impulses by being paired on the course with celebrities.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Now, nearly a decade later, that early vision of a resort hotel that would cater, first and foremost to the casino’s high rollers, devoted players and out-of-towners, has arrived.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The hedge fund king, who boasts a net worth of $37.6 billion (give or take), beat out six other high rollers for his prize in the live auction.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high roller
Noun
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Who believes that, with the U.S. Congress poring over Epstein's emails, there isn't still more appalling material about Andrew and his spendthrift ex-wife Fergie to be exposed?—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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When measured by budget deficit – the gap between government spending and revenue – France is also among the most spendthrift in the European Union, according to Eurostat, the bloc’s statistics office.—
Ana Nicolaci da Costa,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 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
Noun
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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
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Show me exactly how to reorganize my day to focus on growth drivers first, which of my tasks are secretly time-wasters dressed as important work, and how to say no to everything else.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 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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Japan’s transformation into one of the world’s major defense spenders has developed over decades and raises the question of whether the ongoing buildup is a violation of its pacifist constitution.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2025
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Compared to pre-refresh, American Express saw double the number of new Amex Platinum acquisitions, record-high bookings on Amex Travel and roughly 2X more consumer Platinum spenders across Resy restaurants, Lululemon and Oura brands, according to American Express's Q3 2025 earnings presentation.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
26 Dec. 2025
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“High roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20roller. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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