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What is "spendthrift" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does spendthrift mean in English? Meaning of spendthrift definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "spendthrift" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "spendthrift": someone who spends money prodigally

Noun

  • Meaning: someone who spends money prodigally
  • Synonyms: scattergood spend-all spender spendthrift
  • Hyponyms: big spender high roller
  • Hypernyms: prodigal profligate squanderer

    • Meaning of "spendthrift": recklessly wasteful

    Adjective

  • Meaning: recklessly wasteful
  • Example: prodigal in their expenditures
  • Synonyms: extravagant prodigal profligate spendthrift
  • Similar: wasteful
  • Adjective: Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

    • Synonyms:

    waster, wastrel, prodigal, sport, profligate, improvident, imprudent, spender, squanderer, big spender, dissipater, high-roller,

    Antonyms:

    miser, saver,

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