Prodigal Synonyms and Antonyms

prŏdĭ-gəl
Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. extravagant
  2. wasteful
  3. lavish
  4. profligate
  5. profuse
  6. spendthrift
  7. squandering
Antonyms:
  1. economical
  2. careful
  3. modest
  4. thrifty
  5. poor
Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. extravagant
  2. exuberant
  3. lavish
  4. lush
  5. luxuriant
  6. opulent
  7. profuse
  8. riotous
  9. superabundant
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Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. profuse

Words Related to Prodigal

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.

Related:

  1. big
  2. save
  3. excess
  4. prodigal-son
  5. God--the
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Prodigal Sentence Examples

  • They live frugally, and are only prodigal in powder and human life.

  • Every prodigal, therefore, is a public enemy; every frugal man a public benefactor.

  • There is no doubt that the expenditures of his pontificate were prodigal.

  • His eldest brother being a prodigal he succeeded to the paternal estate, but threw the will into the fire on his brother's promising to reform.

  • Shuttles are expensive, and players are very prodigal of their use, partly through ignorance and partly through carelessness.

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