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Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition..

Lavish :: Lavish (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise..

Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (n.) One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.

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..

Profuse :: Profuse (a.) Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure..

Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.

Prodigalize :: Prodigalize (v. i.) To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally.

Prodigally :: Prodigally (adv.) In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated..

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen..

Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.

Flush :: Flush (a.) Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal..

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..

Prodigence :: Prodigence (n.) Waste; profusion; prodigality.

Plentiful :: Plentiful (a.) Lavish; profuse; prodigal.

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..

Untrift :: Untrift (n.) Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality.

Prodigality :: Prodigality (n.) Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony..

Prodigal :: 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..

Prodigalize :: Prodigalize (v. t.) To expend lavishly.

Slipstring :: Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.

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