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Synonyms for (noun) profligate

Synonyms: prodigal, profligate, squanderer Definition: a recklessly extravagant consumer

Hypernyms: consumer Definition: a person who uses goods or services

Synonyms: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue Definition: a dissolute man in fashionable society

Hypernyms: libertine, rounder, debauchee Definition: a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

Synonyms for (adjective) profligate

Synonyms: riotous, profligate, libertine, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast Definition: unrestrained by convention or morality Usage: Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society; deplorably dissipated and degraded; riotous living; fast women

Hypernyms: immoral Definition: deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

Synonyms: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift Definition: recklessly wasteful Usage: prodigal in their expenditures

Hypernyms: wasteful Definition: tending to squander and waste