Thesaurus:prodigal

Thesaurus

prodigal

English

Adjective

Sense: wasteful, improvident or profligate

Synonyms

• extravagant
• improvident
• imprudent
• lavish
• prodigal
• profligate
• reckless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spendthrift    [⇒ thesaurus]
• squandering
• uneconomical
• unthrifty
• wasteful

Antonyms

• frugal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stingy    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• excessive    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:generous

Further reading

• “818. prodigality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “prodigal” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.