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adj. Rashly or wastefully extravagant: prodigal expenditures on unneeded weaponry; a prodigal life.

adj. Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse: prodigal praise. See Synonyms at profuse.

n. One who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance.

adj. wastefully extravagant.

adj. someone yielding profusely, lavish

adj. profuse, lavishly abundant

adj. returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son.

n. A prodigal person, a spendthrift.

adj. Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical

n. One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift.

Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other property without necessity; profuse; lavish; wasteful: said of persons: as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son.

Profuse; lavish; wasteful: said of things: as, a prodigal expenditure of money.

Very liberal; lavishly bountiful: as, nature is prodigal of her gifts.

Proud.

n. One who expends money extravagantly or without necessity; one who is profuse or lavish; a waster; a spendthrift.

n. In civil law. a person of full age for whom, by judicial authority, a curator is appointed, by reason of his inability to attend to his obligations and estate.

adj. recklessly wasteful

n. a recklessly extravagant consumer

""The foogin 'prodigal RETURNS" made me laugh out loud."

wasteful   

frugal   

squandering    extravagant    wasteful    profuse    lavish    waster    spendthrift    generous    abundant   

lavish    improvident    profligate    wasteful    extravagant    thoughtless    deprave    licentious    shiftless    needy