Spendthrift Synonyms and Antonyms

spĕndthrĭft
A person who spends money or resources wastefully
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. prodigal
  2. profligate
  3. waster
  4. wastrel
  5. squanderer
  6. spender
  7. scattergood
  8. high spender
  9. imprudent
  10. prodigal-son
  11. spend-all
  12. high-roller
  13. squandere
  14. big-spender
Antonyms:
  1. miser
  2. scrooge
  3. saver
  4. skinflint
Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. extravagant
  2. prodigal
  3. profligate
  4. lavish
  5. profuse
  6. wasteful

Words Related to Spendthrift

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Spendthrift Sentence Examples

  • During his absence she married the profligate spendthrift, P. Cornelius Dolabella.

  • Throughout his life he was a profligate and a spendthrift.

  • That might be true, but there was no point in working at becoming a spendthrift simply because he had money.

  • In other situations, a "spendthrift clause" may be added.

  • My home was simply a middle-class affair ruined by spendthrift habits which I have inherited.

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