'Wastrel' definitions:
Definition of 'wastrel'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn: wastrel, waster]
Definition of 'Wastrel'
From: GCIDE
- Wastrel \Wast"rel\, n.
- 1. Any waste thing or substance; as: (a) Waste land or common land. [Obs.] --Carew. (b) A profligate. [Prov. Eng.] (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wastrel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arab,
- bad lot,
- beach bum,
- beachcomber,
- beggar,
- beggarly fellow,
- big-time spender,
- black sheep,
- blackguard,
- blighter,
- bo,
- Bowery bum,
- budmash,
- bum,
- bummer,
- caitiff,
- castaway,
- castoff,
- derelict,
- devil,
- discard,
- dissipater,
- dogie,
- drifter,
- drunkard,
- flotsam,
- flotsam and jetsam,
- foundling,
- gamin,
- gamine,
- good-for-naught,
- good-for-nothing,
- guttersnipe,
- hobo,
- homeless waif,
- human wreck,
- idler,
- jetsam,
- junk,
- knave,
- lagan,
- landloper,
- lazzarone,
- lecher,
- libertine,
- loafer,
- losel,
- lounger,
- lowlife,
- mauvais sujet,
- mean wretch,
- mucker,
- mudlark,
- no-good,
- orphan,
- pauvre diable,
- piker,
- pilgarlic,
- poor creature,
- poor devil,
- prodigal,
- prodigal son,
- profligate,
- ragamuffin,
- ragman,
- ragpicker,
- rake,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- refuse,
- reject,
- rip,
- rogue,
- roue,
- rounder,
- rubbish,
- sad case,
- sad sack,
- scalawag,
- scamp,
- scapegrace,
- scoundrel,
- ski bum,
- skid-row bum,
- spend-all,
- spender,
- spendthrift,
- squanderer,
- stiff,
- stray,
- street Arab,
- street urchin,
- sundowner,
- surf bum,
- swagman,
- swagsman,
- tatterdemalion,
- tennis bum,
- tramp,
- trash,
- truant,
- turnpiker,
- urchin,
- vag,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- vaurien,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- waster,
- wastethrift,
- worthless fellow,
- wretch