Definition of prodigal

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Prodigal (a.) Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses..

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Lavish :: Lavish (a.) Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise..
Squander :: Squander (v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate..
Prodigally :: Prodigally (adv.) In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated..
Prodigence :: Prodigence (n.) Waste; profusion; prodigality.
Plentiful :: Plentiful (a.) Lavish; profuse; prodigal.
Profusive :: Profusive (a.) Profuse; lavish; prodigal.
Slipstring :: Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
Untrift :: Untrift (n.) Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality.
Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (n.) One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.
Profuse :: Profuse (a.) Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure..
Abligurition :: Abligurition (n.) Prodigal expense for food.
Extravagance :: Extravagance (n.) The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands..
Prodigal :: Prodigal (n.) One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift..
Lavish :: Lavish (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise..
Prodigality :: Prodigality (n.) Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony..
Spender :: Spender (n.) One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift..
Spendthrifty :: Spendthrifty (a.) Spendthrift; prodigal.
Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
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