Library / English Dictionary

SPENDTHRIFT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who spends money prodigally

Synonyms:

scattergood; spend-all; spender; spendthrift

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("spendthrift" is a kind of...):

prodigal; profligate; squanderer (a recklessly extravagant consumer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spendthrift"):

big spender; high roller (one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recklessly wasteful

Example:

prodigal in their expenditures

Synonyms:

extravagant; prodigal; profligate; spendthrift

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

wasteful (tending to squander and waste)

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