Synonyms of profligacy

profligacy

noun

ˈprä-fli-gə-sē 

as in corruption

immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society

a religious leader who railed against the profligacy of the nation's decadent aristocrats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corruption
• immorality
• sin
• sinfulness
• evil
• licentiousness
• corruptness
• evilness
• libertinism
• debauchery
• vice
• depravity
• iniquity
• libertinage
• criminality
• badness
• turpitude
• ill
• wickedness
• bad
• dissoluteness
• vileness
• iniquitousness
• villainy
• debasement
• deviltry
• unscrupulousness
• viciousness
• heinousness
• evildoing
• lewdness
• degeneracy
• lasciviousness
• perversion
• meanness
• lechery
• devilry
• wantonness
• villainousness
• baseness
• indecency
• fiendishness
• wrong
• degeneration
• dissolution
• looseness
• abomination
• wretchedness
• taboo
• tabu
• anathema
• lowness
• lousiness
• atrociousness
• dirtiness
• depravedness
• pervertedness
• miserableness
• despicableness
• reprehensibleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• virtue
• morality
• right
• probity
• integrity
• rectitude
• legitimacy
• good
• honesty
• righteousness
• goodness
• uprightness
• honor
• scrupulousness
• purity
• scrupulosity
• chastity
• perfection
• virtuousness
• innocence
• propriety
• correctness
• decency
• blamelessness
• rightness
• cleanness
• spotlessness
• seemliness
• pureness
• decorousness

Examples of profligacy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Both unions have convincingly declared victory, but, after years of reliance on boom-time profligacy, the industry is bracing for a downturn in the quantity—and perhaps the quality—of its output. —Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023

The team was eventually made to pay for its profligacy in front of goal as Real Madrid caught Leipzig on the counterattack after 65 minutes, with Jude Bellingham bursting forward and setting up Vinícius Jr. for an emphatic finish. —Matias Grez, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024

United’s collapse in performance has coincided with one of the biggest talent acquisitions sprees in its history, and untangling that profligacy has left the club poorly positioned to meet the league’s spending limits. —Tariq Panja, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024

So much neon and noise, plastic and profligacy—is this what growth looks like? South Korea, one of the Asian Tigers, is a star of developmental economics. —E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024