PRODIGAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a recklessly extravagant consumer
   Synonym(s)
   • profligate (what does profligate mean?)
   • squanderer (what does squanderer mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) prodigal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • consumer (what does consumer mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • spendthrift (what does spendthrift mean?)
   • spend-all (what does spend-all mean?)
   • spender (what does spender mean?)
   • scattergood (what does scattergood mean?)
   • wastrel (what does wastrel mean?)
   • waster (what does waster mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • consume (what does consume mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • ware (what does ware mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)

PRODIGAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • very generous
   Synonym(s)
   • lavish (what does lavish mean?)
   • munificent (what does munificent mean?)
   • overgenerous (what does overgenerous mean?)
   • too-generous (what does too-generous mean?)
   • unsparing (what does unsparing mean?)
   • unstinted (what does unstinted mean?)
   • unstinting (what does unstinting mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • generous (what does generous mean?)
2. Meaning
   • marked by rash extravagance
   Usage Example(s)
   • led a prodigal life
   Similar To
   • improvident (what does improvident mean?)
3. Meaning
   • recklessly wasteful
   Synonym(s)
   • extravagant (what does extravagant mean?)
   • profligate (what does profligate mean?)
   • spendthrift (what does spendthrift mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • prodigal in their expenditures
   Similar To
   • wasteful (what does wasteful mean?)