Thesaurus:spendthrift

Thesaurus

spendthrift

English

Noun

Sense: person who spends recklessly or wastefully

Synonyms

• big spender
• dingthrift (obsolete)
• neve (rare)
• overspender
• prodigal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• profligate
• saprophage
• scattergood (obsolete)
• slipstring (obsolete)
• slipthrift (obsolete)
• sparkler (dated)
• spend-all (dated)
• spendthrift
• splurge
• splurger
• squanderer
• unthrift (rare)
• waster
• wastegood (obsolete)
• wastethrift (obsolete)
• wastrel (dated)

Antonyms

• cheapskate
• miser    [⇒ thesaurus]
• niggard
• skinflint
• tightwad
•   —
• frugalist
• husband    [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)

Hypernyms

• spender
• wanton    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:prodigal
• Thesaurus:prodigality

Further reading

• “818. prodigality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “spendthrift” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.