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spendthrift

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of spendthrift

given to spending money freely or foolishly

  • spendthrift consumers had amassed a mountain of debt on their credit cards
Synonyms of spendthrift

extravagant, high-rolling, prodigal, profligate, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful
Words Related to spendthrift

improvident, myopic, shortsighted

bighearted, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, freehearted, generous, lavish, liberal, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic (also philanthropical), unselfish, unsparing, unstinting

careless, heedless, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwise

indulgent, reckless, self-indulgent, splurging, wanton
Near Antonyms of spendthrift

cheap, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, pinching, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted

careful, judicious, prudent, sensible, wise

farsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughtful, provident
Antonyms of spendthrift

conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, penny-pinching, scrimping, skimping, thrifty

spendthrift

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of spendthrift

someone who carelessly spends money

  • the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year
Synonyms of spendthrift

fritterer, high roller, prodigal, profligate, spender, squanderer, waster, wastrel
Words Related to spendthrift

dissipate
Near Antonyms of spendthrift

cheapskate, miser, niggard, piker, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad

conserver, saver
Antonyms of spendthrift

economizer, penny-pincher

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