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Definition of Profligate
1. Noun. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
2. Adjective. Recklessly wasteful. "Prodigal in their expenditures"
Exact synonyms: Extravagant, Prodigal, Spendthrift
Similar to: Wasteful
Derivative terms: Extravagance, Extravagance, Prodigal, Prodigality, Prodigality
Similar to: Wasteful
Derivative terms: Extravagance, Extravagance, Prodigal, Prodigality, Prodigality
3. Noun. A recklessly extravagant consumer.
Exact synonyms: Prodigal, Squanderer
Generic synonyms: Consumer
Specialized synonyms: Scattergood, Spend-all, Spender, Spendthrift, Waster, Wastrel
Derivative terms: Prodigal, Squander, Squander
Generic synonyms: Consumer
Specialized synonyms: Scattergood, Spend-all, Spender, Spendthrift, Waster, Wastrel
Derivative terms: Prodigal, Squander, Squander
4. Adjective. Unrestrained by convention or morality. "Fast women"
Exact synonyms: Debauched, Degenerate, Degraded, Dissipated, Dissolute, Fast, Libertine, Riotous
Similar to: Immoral
Derivative terms: Degenerate, Dissoluteness, Libertine, Riot
Similar to: Immoral
Derivative terms: Degenerate, Dissoluteness, Libertine, Riot
Definition of Profligate
1. a. Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
2. n. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
3. v. t. To drive away; to overcome.
Definition of Profligate
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