SPENDTHRIFT
Dictionary entry overview: What does spendthrift mean?
• SPENDTHRIFT (noun)
The noun SPENDTHRIFT has 1 sense:
1. someone who spends money prodigally
Familiarity information: SPENDTHRIFT used as a noun is very rare.
• SPENDTHRIFT (adjective)
The adjective SPENDTHRIFT has 1 sense:
1. recklessly wasteful
Familiarity information: SPENDTHRIFT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SPENDTHRIFT (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who spends money prodigally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
scattergood; spend-all; spendthrift; spender
Hypernyms ("spendthrift" is a kind of...):
prodigal; profligate; squanderer (a recklessly extravagant consumer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spendthrift"):
big spender; high roller (one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment)
fungi ((pun) the one who buys the drinks)
• SPENDTHRIFT (adjective)
Meaning:
Recklessly wasteful
Synonyms:
profligate; spendthrift; extravagant; prodigal
Context example:
prodigal in their expenditures
Similar:
wasteful (tending to squander and waste)
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