Definition of Profligate

1. Noun. A dissolute man in fashionable society.

Exact synonyms: Blood, Rake, Rakehell, Rip, Roue
Generic synonyms: Debauchee, Libertine, Rounder

2. Adjective. Recklessly wasteful. "Prodigal in their expenditures"

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

4. Adjective. Unrestrained by convention or morality. "Fast women"

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

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Profligate

profiterole
profiteroles
profiters
profiting
profitless
profitlessly
profits
profitwise
profit and loss
profit and loss account
profit margin
profit sharing
profit taker
profligacies
profligacy
profligate (current term)
profligately
profligates
profluent
proforma
proformas
profound
profounder
profoundest
profoundly
profoundly deaf
profoundness
profoundnesses
profounds
profs

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