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prodigaladjective given to spending money freely or foolishlythe prodigal child always spent her allowance the minute she got it extravagant, high-rolling, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful improvident, myopic, shortsightedbighearted, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, freehearted, generous, lavish, liberal, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic(also philanthropical), unselfish, unsparing, unstintingcareless, heedless, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwiseindulgent, reckless, self-indulgent, splurging, wanton conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, penny-pinching, scrimping, skimping, thrifty cheap, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, pinching, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfistedcareful, judicious, prudent, sensible, wisefarsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughtful, provident someone who spends money freely or foolishlythe million-dollar lottery winner was such a prodigal that his windfall was exhausted after only a few years fritterer, high roller, profligate, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel dissipate economizer, penny-pincher cheapskate, miser, niggard, piker, scrooge, skinflint, tightwadconserver, saver adj.profuse, lavish, prodigal, luxuriant, lush, exuberant mean giving or given out in great abundance.profuse implies pouring forth without restraint.profuse apologies lavish suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion.a lavish party prodigal implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early exhaustion of resources.prodigal spending luxuriant suggests a rich and splendid abundance.a luxuriant beard lush suggests rich, soft luxuriance.a lush green lawn exuberant implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abundantly.an exuberant imagination in the 15th century |