profligate | Definition of profligate

profligate

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of profligate

1 someone who spends money freely or foolishly

a profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt

Synonyms of profligate

fritterer, high roller, prodigal, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel

Words Related to profligate

Near Antonyms of profligate

cheapskate, miser, niggard, piker, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad

conserver, saver

Antonyms of profligate

economizer, penny-pincher

2 a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard

a drunken profligate, he was given to wretched excess in every aspect of his life

Synonyms of profligate

backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, degenerate, deviate, libertine, perv, pervert, rake, rakehell, rip

Words Related to profligate

bankrupt, delinquent, derelict, incorrigible

blackguard, cad, heel, knave, miscreant, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, villain

lecher, playboy, playgirl, satyr

Near Antonyms of profligate