Prodigal

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  • adjective. Rashly or wastefully extravagant.
  • adjective. Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse: synonym: profuse.
  • noun. One who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In civil law. a person of full age for whom, by judicial authority, a curator is appointed, by reason of his inability to attend to his obligations and estate.
  • Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other property without necessity; profuse; lavish; wasteful: said of persons: as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son.
  • Profuse; lavish; wasteful: said of things: as, a prodigal expenditure of money.
  • Very liberal; lavishly bountiful: as, nature is prodigal of her gifts.
  • Proud.
  • noun. One who expends money extravagantly or without necessity; one who is profuse or lavish; a waster; a spendthrift.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift.
  • adjective. Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. wastefully extravagant.
  • adjective. someone yielding profusely, lavish
  • adjective. profuse, lavishly abundant
  • adjective. returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son.
  • noun. A prodigal person, a spendthrift.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. recklessly wasteful
  • noun. a recklessly extravagant consumer
  • Word Usage
    ""The foogin 'prodigal RETURNS" made me laugh out loud."
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    frugal  
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    wasteful  
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