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SQUANDERER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A recklessly extravagant consumer

Synonyms:

prodigal; profligate; squanderer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

consumer (a person who uses goods or services)

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

scattergood; spend-all; spender; spendthrift (someone who spends money prodigally)

waster; wastrel (someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently)

Derivation:

squander (spend extravagantly)

squander (spend thoughtlessly; throw away)

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