Spendthrift

Quick meaning: Spendthrift is an adjective meaning Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.

Meaning

Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

This feels like a significant league title in more ways than one. It is now 14 years since Roman Abramovich emerged as an spendthrift presence in west London.

Wel, go to wild oats, ſpend thrift prodigal, / Ile croſſe thy name quight from my reckning booke: / For theſe accounts, faith it ſhall ſcath thee ſome what, / I will not ſay what, ſomewhat it ſhall be.

A high-powered entertainment that acceded to the spiraling capitalization costs of the big musical with a production of spendthrift command, La Cage [aux Folles] came in at summer's end as a guaranteed hit.

Rufus's stone lies in the outskirts of the forest, and in a few minutes they emerged upon the broad heath which bounds it, then like a sea of gold; for the furze was in the first glory of its spendthrift wealth.

Word Forms

• spendthrifts

Synonyms for spendthrift

Depending on context, synonyms include dingthrift, neve, overspender, prodigal, profligate, saprophage.

Antonyms for spendthrift

Common opposites include frugal, thrifty, miser, skinflint, cheapskate, niggard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spend-all, profligate, prodigal, spender, extravagant, wasteful.

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