'Spendthrift' definitions:
Definition of 'spendthrift'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift]
noun
Definition of 'Spendthrift'
From: GCIDE
- Spendthrift \Spend"thrift`\, n. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
- A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spendthrift'
From: GCIDE
- Spendthrift \Spend"thrift\, a. Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spendthrift'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- big-time spender,
- dissipative,
- easy come,
- easy go,
- extravagant,
- improvident,
- incontinent,
- intemperate,
- lavish,
- overgenerous,
- overlavish,
- overliberal,
- penny-wise and pound-foolish,
- pound-foolish,
- prodigal,
- prodigal son,
- profligate,
- profuse,
- spend-all,
- spender,
- squanderer,
- squandering,
- wasteful,
- waster,
- wastethrift,
- wastrel