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PROFLIGATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A recklessly extravagant consumer
Synonyms:
prodigal; profligate; squanderer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("profligate" is a kind of...):
consumer (a person who uses goods or services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profligate"):
scattergood; spend-all; spender; spendthrift (someone who spends money prodigally)
waster; wastrel (someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently)
Derivation:
profligate (recklessly wasteful)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonyms:
blood; profligate; rake; rakehell; rip; roue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("profligate" is a kind of...):
debauchee; libertine; rounder (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained)
Derivation:
profligate (unrestrained by convention or morality)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unrestrained by convention or morality
Example:
fast women
Synonyms:
debauched; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; dissolute; fast; libertine; profligate; riotous
Classified under:
Similar:
immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)
Derivation:
profligate (a dissolute man in fashionable society)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Recklessly wasteful
Example:
prodigal in their expenditures
Synonyms:
extravagant; prodigal; profligate; spendthrift
Classified under:
Similar:
wasteful (tending to squander and waste)
Derivation:
profligate (a recklessly extravagant consumer)
