Prodigal synonyms and antonyms

prŏd'ĭ-gəl

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lavish
Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
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riotous
Luxuriant or profuse
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profuse (related)
In great quantity or abundance.
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extravagant
Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
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abundant
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wasteful (related)
Using more than is necessary; extravagant
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excessive
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lush
(Slang, former) Alcoholic liquor
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luxurious
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opulent
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profligate
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
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spender
A person who spends, esp. lavishly
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spendthrift
One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
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squanderer
Agent noun of squander; one who squanders.
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squandering
The act by which something is squandered; wastage.
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wastrel
A person who wastes; esp., a spendthrift
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economical (antonym)
The definition of economical is something cost effective that is a good value, or someone who doesn't waste, or who is frugal and doesn't spend more than necessary.
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modest (antonym)
(Especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.
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poor (antonym)
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
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thrifty (antonym)
Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.
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careful (antonym)
Thorough and painstaking in action or execution; conscientious:
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exuberant
Characterized by good health and high spirits; full of life; uninhibited
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luxuriant
Rich and elaborate, as in decoration.
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superabundant
Being more than is usual or needed; surplus; excess; overly abundant
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scattergood
A spendthrift; a wastrel.
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waster
One that lays waste; a destroyer:
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excess (related)
Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:
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save (related)
Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending
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big (related)
Conspicuous in position, wealth, or importance; prominent:
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prodigal-son (related)
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God--the (related)
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rechab (related)
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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.

  • Great Britain, prodigal of protestations of goodwill, alone remained; and to her Mahmud turned with a definite offer of an offensive and defensive alliance.

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