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profligate
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PROFLIGATE
1
someone who spends money freely or foolishly <a profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt>
Related Words dissipate
Antonyms economizer, penny-pincher
2
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard <a drunken profligate, he was given to wretched excess in every aspect of his life>
Synonyms backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, deviate, libertine, perv, pervert, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip
Related Words bankrupt, delinquent, derelict, incorrigible; blackguard, cad, heel, knave, miscreant, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, villain; lecher, playboy, playgirl, satyr
Near Antonyms saint
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