prodigal
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(satellite adjective) marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life" |
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(noun) a recklessly extravagant consumer |
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Synonyms: profligate, squanderer |
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Related Words: consumer, spend-all, spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel |
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(satellite adjective) recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" |
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Synonyms: extravagant, profligate, spendthrift |
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(satellite adjective) very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" |
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Synonyms: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting |
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