Synonyms for profligate
- adjective
- noun
Most common
extravagant wasteful dissolute spendthrift immoral licentious unrestrained
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dissolute — inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly
dissolute, spendthrift, wasteful, extravagant, debauched, libertine, prodigal, reckless, degenerate, reprobate, lavish, corrupt, decadent, fast, vicious, dissipated, riotous, corrupted, degraded, vitiated, improvident, wanton
2. Licentious — immoral; abandoned to vice
licentious, immoral, abandoned, iniquitous, wicked, lewd, sinful, ungodly
3. Depraved
Other
Noun
1. Wastrel — an overly wasteful or extravagant individual
waster, squanderer, wastrel dated, wastethrift dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- adj. 2
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
- n. 1
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
- n. 2
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
Related words
- Word family
- profligacy profligately profligateness
Forms
- Plural
- profligates → wasters, squanderers, wastrels, wastethrifts…
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Profligate has reference to open and shameless immoralities, either in private life or political conduct; as, a profligate court, a profligate ministry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- extravagant She considered him extravagant with electricity.
- wasteful He understood the negative outcomes of being wasteful.
- spendthrift Mary is a spendthrift when it comes to money.
- immoral Be immoral, cheat and steal. Such people live well.
- licentious He was converted from his licentious living.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| profligate | steady | |
| extravagant | steady | |
| wasteful | falling | |
| dissolute | steady | |
| spendthrift | steady | |
| immoral | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- rip1
- 4 letters
- fast1, rake1, lewd1, roue
- 5 letters
- blood1
- 6 letters
- wicked2, lavish2, sinful2, wanton2, waster2
- 7 letters
- corrupt2, vicious2, immoral3, ungodly3, riotous3, wastrel
- 8 letters
- reckless2, wasteful2, degraded3, decadent3, depraved2, prodigal3, vitiated
- 9 letters
- abandoned3, corrupted3, shameless2, perverted3, libertine3, dissolute, debauched, reprobate3, debauchee
- 10 letters
- degenerate4, dissipated4, licentious3, iniquitous, squanderer
- 11 letters
- extravagant4, spendthrift2, improvident, wastethrift
- 12 letters
- unrestrained3, unprincipled4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wicked2 = 2 syllables).