Synonyms for profligacy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Extravagance — careless wastefulness
extravagance, recklessness, profusion, prodigality, profligateness
2. Licentiousness
3. Immorality
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Careless wastefulness.
- n. 2
Shameless and immoral behaviour.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- improbity
Forms
- Plural
- profligacies → extravagances, recklessnesses, profusions, prodigalities…
Example sentences
- extravagance His extravagance is out of proportion to his wage.
- recklessness As soon as she came in, his recklessness vanished.
- profusion A profusion of dandelions had coloured the meadow yellow.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| profligacy | rising | |
| extravagance | steady | |
| recklessness | rising | |
| profusion | steady | |
| prodigality | steady | |
| dissipation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vice1
- 7 letters
- abandon3
- 8 letters
- lewdness
- 9 letters
- depravity4, profusion3, looseness
- 10 letters
- immorality5
- 11 letters
- dissolution4, dissipation4, prodigality
- 12 letters
- extravagance4, recklessness3
- 13 letters
- dissoluteness
- 14 letters
- licentiousness, profligateness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abandon3 = 3 syllables).