spender

as in spendthrift
someone who spends money freely or foolishly he's a spender and she's a tightwad, so naturally they quarrel about money a lot

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Noun
  • Finally, the claimant failed to prove that the spendthrift provision in the trust, which is critical to the protection the trust provided, should be invalidated.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • That is often viewed by us profligate, protein-burning, fat-loving energy spendthrifts as an inferior form of metabolism.
    Stephen S. Hall, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Henry Muck, suitably nicknamed Prince Hal by his family and friends, may be Industry’s version of the ultimate privileged wastrel.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The food today is extraordinarily good and prodigal.
    Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Spender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spender. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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