adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈspɛn(d)θɹɪft/
General-American:/ˈspɛn(d)ˌθɹɪft/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Extravagant or lavish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
recklessly wasteful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
prodigal in their expenditures
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extravagant, prodigal, profligate
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
someone who spends money prodigally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spend-all, spender, scattergood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prodigal, profligate, squanderer
Narrower terms: big spender, high roller
History
Etymology
From spend + thrift (“(archaic) savings; profits; wealth”).
Across languages
Translations
104 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُسْرِف
(musrif)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Arabic:
مُبَذِّر
(mubaḏḏir)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Bulgarian:
разточителен
(raztočitelen)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Bulgarian:
прахоснически
(prahosničeski)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Chinese Mandarin:
挥霍无度
(huīhuòwúdù)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Czech:
utrácivý
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Czech:
rozmařilý
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Danish:
ødsel
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Dutch:
verkwistend
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Dutch:
spilziek
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Dutch:
verspillend
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Finnish:
tuhlaavainen
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
French:
dépensier
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
French:
prodigue
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Galician:
desbaldidor
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Galician:
desbaldidora
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
German:
verschwenderisch
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Hebrew:
פַּזְרָן
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Hungarian:
költekező
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Hungarian:
pazarló
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Indonesian:
berfoya-foya
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Khmer:
ចាយវាយ
(caayviəy)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Macedonian:
раси́пнички
(rasípnički)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Malayalam:
ധൂർത്തൻ
(dhūṟttaṉ)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Persian:
خَراج
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Persian:
تَلَفکار
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Polish:
rozrzutny
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Portuguese:
gastador
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Russian:
расточительный
(rastočitelʹnyj)
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Spanish:
pródigo
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Spanish:
manirroto
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Turkish:
müsrif
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Turkish:
savurgan
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Turkish:
çarçurcu
— improvident, profligate, or wasteful
Czech:
hojný
— extravagant, lavish
Czech:
opulentní
— extravagant, lavish
Finnish:
ylenpalttinen
— extravagant, lavish
Hungarian:
pazar
— extravagant, lavish
Polish:
suty
— extravagant, lavish
Polish:
hojny
— extravagant, lavish
Tagalog:
buyangyang
— extravagant, lavish
Arabic:
مُبَذِّر
(mubaḏḏir)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Arabic:
مُسْرِف
(musrif)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Bulgarian:
прахосник
(prahosnik)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Chinese Cantonese:
敗家仔 /败家仔
(baai6 gaa1 zai2)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Chinese Mandarin:
敗家子 /败家子
(bàijiāzǐ)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Chinese Mandarin:
浪子
(làngzǐ)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Chuvash:
якатмӑш
(jak̬atmăš)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Czech:
hýřil
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Czech:
rozmařilec
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Czech:
marnotratník
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Estonian:
raharaiskaja
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Finnish:
tuhlari
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Finnish:
tuhluri
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Finnish:
tuhlaaja
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Finnish:
hassaaja
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
French:
dépensier
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
French:
gaspilleur
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
French:
prodigue
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
German:
Verschwender
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
German:
Verschwenderin
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
German:
Prasser
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
German:
Prasserin
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Greek:
σπάταλος
(spátalos)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Icelandic:
eyðslukló
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Italian:
spendaccione
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Japanese:
使い手
(tsukaite)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Japanese:
浪費家
(rōhika)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Japanese:
極道
(gokudō)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Latin:
prōflīgātor
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Latin:
consumptor
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Macedonian:
ра́сипник
(rásipnik)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Norman:
dêpensyi
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Norman:
gaspilleux
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Norman:
saccageux
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Norman:
trébuque-bein
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Northern Altai:
ӱредигчи
(üredigči)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Northern Altai:
пир ме шеберлебес кижи
(pir me šeberlebes kiži)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Persian:
ولخرج
(velxarj)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Plautdietsch:
Spendobbel
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Polish:
rozrzutnik
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Polish:
rozrzutnica
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Polish:
utracjusz
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Polish:
utracjuszka
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Portuguese:
gastador
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Portuguese:
gastadora
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Portuguese:
gastadeira
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Russian:
расточи́тель
(rastočítelʹ)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Russian:
мот
(mot)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Russian:
транжи́р
(tranžír)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Serbo-Croatian:
распикућа
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Serbo-Croatian:
raspikuća
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Spanish:
gastador
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Spanish:
gastadora
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Spanish:
pródigo
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Spanish:
manirroto
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Swedish:
spenderbyxa
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Swedish:
slösare
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Tagalog:
labusak
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Tamil:
ஊதாரி
(ūtāri)
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Turkish:
müsrif
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Turkish:
savurgan
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Yoruba:
arungún
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
Yoruba:
àpà
— someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully