Synonyms of profligate

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adjective

as in wasteful

given to spending money freely or foolishly

profligate movie producers hoping to create the next blockbuster

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wasteful
• spendthrift
• extravagant
• thriftless
• prodigal
• squandering
• generous
• reckless
• unthrifty
• careless
• liberal
• lavish
• philanthropic
• improvident
• high-rolling
• bountiful
• injudicious
• philanthropical
• imprudent
• munificent
• heedless
• unselfish
• incautious
• unstinting
• myopic
• shortsighted
• charitable
• indulgent
• bighearted
• openhanded
• openhearted
• splurging
• unsparing
• unwise
• wanton
• self-indulgent
• freehanded
• freehearted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• frugal
• thrifty
• economical
• miserly
• economizing
• conserving
• parsimonious
• stingy
• penurious
• tightfisted
• cheap
• sparing
• niggardly
• spare
• judicious
• prudent
• penny-pinching
• careful
• tight
• pinching
• sensible
• scrimping
• wise
• mean
• close
• skimping
• stinting
• closefisted
• provident
• foresighted
• forehanded
• farsighted
• foreseeing
• forethoughtful

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• frugal
• thrifty
• economical
• miserly
• economizing
• conserving
• parsimonious
• stingy
• penurious
• tightfisted
• cheap
• sparing
• niggardly
• spare
• judicious
• prudent
• penny-pinching
• careful
• tight
• pinching
• sensible
• scrimping
• wise
• mean
• close
• skimping
• stinting
• closefisted
• provident
• foresighted
• forehanded
• farsighted
• foreseeing
• forethoughtful

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profligate

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noun

1

as in spendthrift

someone who spends money freely or foolishly

a profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spendthrift
• wastrel
• prodigal
• spender
• dissipate
• waster
• squanderer
• high roller
• fritterer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miser
• skinflint
• niggard
• economizer
• tightwad
• cheapskate
• penny-pincher
• saver
• piker
• scrooge
• conserver

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• miser
• skinflint
• niggard
• economizer
• tightwad
• cheapskate
• penny-pincher
• saver
• piker
• scrooge
• conserver

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2

as in degenerate

a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard

a drunken profligate, he was given to wretched excess in every aspect of his life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degenerate
• pervert
• libertine
• rake
• villain
• playboy
• debaucher
• deviate
• rip
• derelict
• delinquent
• decadent
• rakehell
• backslider
• incorrigible
• reprobate
• cad
• scoundrel
• debauchee
• blackguard
• bankrupt
• knave
• perv
• heel
• lecher
• rogue
• satyr
• rascal
• playgirl
• miscreant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saint

• saint

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