Synonyms for spendthrift
- noun
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Spend-all
spender, spend-all dated, scattergood dated
2. Profligate
profligate, prodigal, waster, squanderer, splurger, wastrel dated, wastethrift dated, unthrift dated rare
Other
overspender, slipstring dated
Adjective
1. Extravagant — improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
- n. 2
Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint.
- adj. 1
Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
Related words
- Phrases
- spendthrift clause spendthrift provision
- Is a kind of
- spender wanton
Forms
- Plural
- spendthrifts → spenders, spend-alls, scattergoods, profligates…
Example sentences
- prodigal The prodigal son returned home.
- profligate He was a drunkard and a profligate.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| spendthrift | steady | |
| prodigal | rising | |
| profligate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- lavish2, waster2
- 7 letters
- spender2, wastrel
- 8 letters
- wasteful2, prodigal3, splurger, unthrift
- 10 letters
- profligate3, squanderer, slipstring
- 11 letters
- extravagant4, scattergood3, improvident, wastethrift, overspender
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lavish2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dépensier
- Español
- despilfarrador