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spendthrift

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spend·thrift  (spndthrft)
n.
One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
adj.
Wasteful or extravagant: spendthrift bureaucrats.
[spend + thrift, accumulated wealth (obsolete).]
spendthrift
Noun
a person who spends money wastefully
Adjective
of or like a spendthrift: a spendthrift policy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.spendthriftspendthrift - someone who spends money prodigally
scattergood, spend-all, spender
prodigal, squanderer, profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer
big spender, high roller - one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment; "the last of the big spenders"
Adj.1.spendthrift - recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
prodigal, profligate, extravagant
wasteful - tending to squander and waste
spendthrift
noun 1. squanderer, spender, profligate, prodigal, big spender, waster, wastrel << OPPOSITE miser
adjective 2. wasteful, extravagant, prodigal, profligate, improvident << OPPOSITE economical
Translations
Spanish spendthrift [ˈspɛndθrɪft] n → derrochador(a) m/f manirroto/a
French spendthrift [ˈspɛndθrɪft] n → dépensier/ière
German spendthrift [ˈspɛndθrɪft] spend n → Verschwender(in) m(f)
Italian spendthrift [ˈspɛndθrɪft] n → spendaccione/a
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A SPENDTHRIFT, seeing a single swallow, pawned his cloak, thinking that Summer was at hand.
Fables by Aesop View in context
"You, my little countess, are a notorious spendthrift," said the count, and having kissed his wife's hand he went back to his study.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
He was now esteemed quite worthy to address the daughter of a foolish, spendthrift baronet, who had not had principle or sense enough to maintain himself in the situation in which Providence had placed him, and who could give his daughter at present but a small part of the share of ten thousand pounds which must be hers hereafter.
Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context
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