spendthrift

Meaning

Adj

1. Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
2. Extravagant or lavish.

Noun

1. Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
2. (figuratively) Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint.

Synonyms

prodigal

squanderer

extravagant

profligate

wasteful

waster

lavish

wastrel

spender

improvident

thriftless

scattergood

squandering

spend-all

big spender

consumer

wastethrift

dissipated

employer

extravagance

greedy

lavisher

master

sumptuous

uneconomic

unstinted

user

wester

wasteful person

waste

prodigal person

Translations

dépensier

Verschwender

prodigue

spendaccione

müsrif

σπάταλος

gaspilleur

pródigo

derrochador

malgastador

gastador

verschwenderisch

Verschwenderin

gastador

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspɛn(d)θɹɪft/

Etymology

From spend + thrift (“(archaic) savings; profits; wealth”).