prodigal | ||
1. | [ adjective ] very generous | |
Synonyms: | lavish too-generous overgenerous unsparing unstinted unstinting munificent | |
Examples: | "distributed gifts with a lavish hand" "the critics were lavish in their praise" "a munificent gift" "prodigal praise" "unsparing generosity" "his unstinted devotion" "called for unstinting aid to Britain" |
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Related terms: | generous | |
2. | [ adjective ] very generous | |
Synonyms: | lavish too-generous overgenerous unsparing unstinted unstinting munificent | |
Examples: | "distributed gifts with a lavish hand" "the critics were lavish in their praise" "a munificent gift" "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent" "prodigal praise" "unsparing generosity"; |
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Related terms: | generous | |
3. | [ adjective ] recklessly wasteful | |
Synonyms: | extravagant spendthrift profligate | |
Examples: | "prodigal in their expenditures" |
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Related terms: | wasteful | |
4. | [ adjective ] marked by rash extravagance | |
Examples: | "led a prodigal life" |
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Related terms: | improvident | |
5. | [ noun ] a recklessly extravagant consumer | |
Synonyms: | squanderer profligate | |
Related terms: | consumer spendthrift wastrel consume | |
Similar spelling: |
prodigally prodigality prodigy prodigious Pridgen Pridgeon |