Spendthrift

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  • noun. One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
  • adjective. Wasteful or extravagant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who spends lavishly, improvidently, or foolishly; an unthrifty spender; a prodigal.
  • Wastefully spending or spent; lavish; improvident; wasteful; prodigal: as, a spendthrift heir; spendthrift ways.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
  • adjective. Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
  • adjective. Wasteful, improvident or profligate.
  • adjective. Lavish or extravagant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who spends money prodigally
  • adjective. recklessly wasteful
    • Word Usage
    "Let's hope so ...... the spendthrift is bankrupting the country."
    cross-reference
    waster  
    Equivalent
    wasteful  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Spender  adulterer  adventuress  braggart  debauchee  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    big-time spender  dissipative  easy come  easy go  extravagant  
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