Synonyms of profligate
32 similar words
Another word for profligate is lavish. Other synonyms of profligate are wasteful, immoral, spendthrift, loose-handed and extravagant.
Synonyms and similar words for profligate
adjectiveInclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- extravagantProfuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
- wastefulInclined to waste or squander money or resources.
- prodigal
- improvident
- imprudentNot prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's...
- lavishExpending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
- loose-handedSpendthrift, profligate.
- reckless
- spendthriftImprovident, profligate, or wasteful.
- squanderingThe act by which something is squandered; wastage.
- uneconomicalNot economical.
- unthriftyNot thrifty: wasteful, extravagant; unproductive.
adjectiveImmoral; abandoned to vice.
- immoralBreaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or...
- licentious
nounAn overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
- wastrelOne who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
- big spenderOne who frequently makes large purchases, especially of extravagant goods.
- overspenderOne who overspends.
- saprophage
- splurge
- splurgerOne who splurges.
- squandererOne who squanders.
- wasterSomeone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- dingthrift obsoleteA spendthrift.
- neve rare
- scattergood obsoleteSomeone who wastes; a spendthrift.
- slipstring obsoleteA wastefully extravagant person; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
- slipthrift obsolete
- sparkler dated
- spend-all datedA spendthrift.
- unthrift rare
- wastegood obsoleteA spendthrift.
- wastethrift obsoleteA spendthrift.
Meaning of profligate
- adjective Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- adjective Immoral; abandoned to vice.
- adjective Overthrown, ruined.
profligate in other languages
Questions about synonyms of profligate
- What is another word for profligate?
- Profligate has 32 synonyms on Word.ws, such as lavish, wasteful, immoral, spendthrift, loose-handed, extravagant, imprudent and uneconomical.
- What does profligate mean?
- Profligate means inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
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