PROFLIGATE Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word profligate. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PROFLIGATE
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prodigal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a recklessly extravagant consumer adjective satellite • recklessly wasteful | ||||||||
extravagant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings • recklessly wasteful | ||||||||
degenerate | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior adjective satellite • unrestrained by convention or morality verb • grow progressively worse | ||||||||
spendthrift | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who spends money prodigally adjective satellite • recklessly wasteful | ||||||||
wasteful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • tending to squander and waste adjective satellite • inefficient in use of time and effort and materials • laying waste | ||||||||
improvident | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not provident; not providing for the future adjective satellite • not given careful consideration | ||||||||
lavish | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very generous • characterized by extravagance and profusion verb • expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns | ||||||||
squandering | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • spending resources lavishly and wastefully | ||||||||
blood | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets • temperament or disposition • a dissolute man in fashionable society • the hereditary derivation of an individual • people viewed as members of a group verb • smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill | ||||||||
debauched | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unrestrained by convention or morality | ||||||||
degraded | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unrestrained by convention or morality • lowered in value | ||||||||
dissipated | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unrestrained by convention or morality • preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | ||||||||
dissolute | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unrestrained by convention or morality | ||||||||
fast | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly • (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time • at a rapid tempo noun • abstaining from food adverb • quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) • firmly or closely adjective satellite • (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds • resistant to destruction or fading • unrestrained by convention or morality • hurried and brief • securely fixed in place • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause • (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time verb • abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons • abstain from eating | ||||||||
immoral | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong adjective satellite • not adhering to ethical or moral principles | ||||||||
libertine | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained adjective satellite • unrestrained by convention or morality | ||||||||
licentious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained | ||||||||
overcome | verbv | |||||||
verb • win a victory over • get on top of; deal with successfully • overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli • overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome | ||||||||
rake | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a dissolute man in fashionable society • degree of deviation from a horizontal plane • a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil verb • move through with or as if with a rake • level or smooth with a rake • sweep the length of • examine hastily • gather with a rake • scrape gently | ||||||||
rakehell | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dissolute man in fashionable society | ||||||||