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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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Spendthrifty :: Spendthrifty (a.) Spendthrift; prodigal.

Profusive :: Profusive (a.) Profuse; lavish; prodigal.

Lavish :: Lavish (a.) Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise..

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..

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

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..

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

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..

Extravagant :: Extravagant (a.) Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man..

Waster :: Waster (v. t.) One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal..

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.

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

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