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given to spending money freely or foolishly<the prodigal child always spent her allowance the minute she got it>Synonymsextravagant, profligate, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wastefulRelated Wordsimprovident, myopic, shortsighted; bountiful, generous, lavish, liberal, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic; careless, heedless, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwise; indulgent, reckless, self-indulgent, splurging, wantonNear Antonymscheap, close, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, pinching, spare, sparing, stingy, tight, tightfisted; careful, judicious, prudent, sensible, wise; farsighted, forehanded, foresighted, forethoughtful, providentAntonymsconserving, economical, economizing, frugal, scrimping, skimping, thrifty
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