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spendthrift

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SPENDTHRIFT

someone who carelessly spends money <the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year>

Synonyms fritterer, high roller, profligate, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel

Related Words dissipate

Near Antonyms cheapskate, miser, niggard, piker, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad; conserver, saver

Antonyms economizer, penny-pincher

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