prodigals

noun

plural of prodigal
as in spendthrifts
someone who spends money freely or foolishly the million-dollar lottery winner was such a prodigal that his windfall was exhausted after only a few years

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  1. wastrels
  2. spenders
  3. wasters
  4. high rollers
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
Definition of wastrels
Noun
  • Over the week of July 26–31, the market split sharply on the biggest AI spenders—not by earnings, but by capex credibility.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Digitally native brands accounted for 28% of the top 100 OOH spenders last year, bringing their in-app instinct for experience design to the street.
    — Denys Kanel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of spenders
Noun
  • Include categories for deep work, admin tasks, communication, and time wasters.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of wasters
Noun
  • 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
  • There’s no special plaque or a wing at the museum for these high rollers of rock — just bragging rights of influence and popularity.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Definition of high rollers
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