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profligate vs spendthrift

spendthrift vs profligate

profligate and spendthrift both are nouns.

profligate and spendthrift both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
profligate Yes Yes No No
spendthrift Yes Yes No No
As adjectives, profligate and spendthrift are synonyms defined as:
  • profligate and spendthrift: recklessly wasteful
Other synonyms of profligate include extravagant, prodigal.
As nouns, spendthrift is a hyponym of profligate; that is, spendthrift is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than profligate:
  • profligate: a recklessly extravagant consumer
  • spendthrift: someone who spends money prodigally
Other hyponyms of profligate include scattergood, spend-all, spender, waster, wastrel.
profligate (noun) spendthrift (noun)
a dissolute man in fashionable society someone who spends money prodigally
a recklessly extravagant consumer
profligate (adjective) spendthrift (adjective)
unrestrained by convention or morality recklessly wasteful
recklessly wasteful
Difference between profligate and spendthrift

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