wastrel

wast·rel (w

str

1. One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; a profligate.

2. An idler or a loafer.

[wast(e) + -rel (as in scoundrel).]

wastrel [ˈweɪstrəl]

1. a wasteful person; spendthrift; prodigal

2. an idler or vagabond

wastrel - Pronounced WAYS-trul, it is either a wasteful or worthless person, derived from the verb "waste," from Latin vastus, "desert, waste."

See also related terms for waste.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

wastrel - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

waster

prodigal, squanderer, profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer

wastrel

noun (Literary)

1. layabout, loser, shirker, good-for-nothing, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), drone, loafer, waster, skiver (Brit. slang), idler, ne'er-do-well, malingerer, saddo (Brit. slang), bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal) Her husband is a workshy, good-for-nothing wastrel.

2. spendthrift, squanderer, prodigal, profligate a wastrel who squandered his entire fortune

Translations

wastrel (o.f.) [ˈweɪstrəl] N → gandul mf, derrochador(a) m/f

wastrel [ˈweɪstrəl] n (literary) → panier m percé

wastrel

n (liter) → Prasser m (liter)

wastrel [ˈweɪstr/əl] n (layabout) → perdigiorno m/f; (spendthrift) → spendaccione/a, sprecone/a

Mentioned in	?		References in classic literature	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
black sheep deadbeat good-for-nothing layabout Loafer ne'er-do-well prodigal profligacy profligate Profligately rascal reprobate scattergood spendthrift Squanderer waste waster Wastorel	On the sideboard, between fluted Sheraton knife-cases, stood a decanter of Haut Brion, and another of the old Lanning port (the gift of a client), which the wastrel Tom Lanning had sold off a year or two before his mysterious and discreditable death in San Francisco--an incident less publicly humiliating to the family than the sale of the cellar. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context The hard-working man would come to the top, the wastrel sink to the bottom. Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context As the time of his marriage approached, he felt that he had indeed sowed wild oats, and he felt, moreover, what a good thing it would be if he could have but one wild fling more, play the good fellow and the wastrel one last time, ere he settled down to grey lecture- rooms and sober matrimony. The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context	wastebin Wasteboard Wastebook wasted wasteful wastefully wastefulness Wastel wasteland wastelot Wasteness wastepaper wastepaper basket waster Wastethrift wastewater wasteweir wasteyard wasting wasting asset wasting away wasting disease Wasting palsy Wastor Wastorel wastrel wat watap watch Watch and ward Watch and watch Watch barrel Watch bell Watch bill watch bracelet watch cap watch case watch chain Watch clock Watch Committee watch crystal watch fire watch glass watch guard Watch gun watch key Watch light Watch meeting watch night watch out watch over	wasting breath wasting disease wasting disease wasting disease wasting disease wasting disease Wasting disease, chronic Wasting Marmoset Syndrome Wasting My Life Away wasting palsy wasting palsy wasting palsy wasting palsy Wasting syndrome Wasting syndrome Wasting syndrome Wasting syndrome Wasting Trust Wasting Trusts wasting words wasting words wasting words wasting words wasting words wastingly wastingly wastingly wastingly Wastor Wastorel wastrel wastrels Wastren-Energx Mission Support, LLC WASTSBY Wastwater Wastwater Wastwater Screes Wastwater Screes WASU WASUA Wasukuma Wasukuma Wasup WASWAC Waswas Waswas WASWC WASWD WASWUG wat wat wat wat Wat Dat Ook Moge Zijn Wat on Earth Newsletter Wat Tyler Wat Tyler Wat Tyler Country Park Wat Tyler's Rebellion Wat Tyler's Rebellion Wat Tyler's Rebellion 1381

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

Dictionary browser

Full browser

black sheep
deadbeat
good-for-nothing
layabout
Loafer
ne'er-do-well
prodigal
profligacy
profligate
Profligately
rascal
reprobate
scattergood
spendthrift
Squanderer
waste
waster
Wastorel

On the sideboard, between fluted Sheraton knife-cases, stood a decanter of Haut Brion, and another of the old Lanning port (the gift of a client), which the wastrel Tom Lanning had sold off a year or two before his mysterious and discreditable death in San Francisco--an incident less publicly humiliating to the family than the sale of the cellar.

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

The hard-working man would come to the top, the wastrel sink to the bottom.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

As the time of his marriage approached, he felt that he had indeed sowed wild oats, and he felt, moreover, what a good thing it would be if he could have but one wild fling more, play the good fellow and the wastrel one last time, ere he settled down to grey lecture- rooms and sober matrimony.

The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context

wastrel playV2('en/US/d5/d5sydhsdsyssdrshhn');playV2('en/UK/d5/d5sydhsdsyssdrshhn')

wastrel