Profligate Synonyms and Antonyms

prŏflĭ-gĭt, -gāt
Inclined to lewdness
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. depraved
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Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. extravagant
  2. spendthrift
  3. prodigal
  4. lavish
  5. profuse
  6. wasteful
Antonyms:
  1. careful
  2. frugal
  3. thrifty
  4. saving
An immoral or licentious person
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rake
  2. libertine
  3. rakehell
  4. wanton
  5. rip
  6. blood
  7. roue

Words Related to Profligate

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.

Profligate Sentence Examples

  • You have profited by their toil to lead a profligate life.

  • Judges and juries alike were maddened with excitement, and listened greedily to the lies which poured forth from the lips of profligate informers.

  • In a profligate age William was distinguished by the purity of his married life, by temperate habits and by a sincere piety.

  • Though a man of profligate and arrogant character, he enjoyed a great reputation as a teacher; Quintilian and Persius are said to have been his pupils.

  • It was poor today and against better sides United cannot afford to be so profligate.

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