Thesaurus:spendthrift

Thesaurus:spendthrift

THESAURUS

spendthrift

English

Synonyms

• big spender

• dingthrift (obsolete)

• neve (rare)

• overspender

• prodigal    [WS]

• profligate

• saprophage

• scattergood (obsolete)

• slipstring (obsolete)

• slipthrift (obsolete)

• sparkler (dated)

• spendthrift

• splurge

• squanderer

• unthrift (rare)

• waster

• wastethrift (obsolete)

• wastrel (dated)

Antonyms

• cheapskate

• miser    [WS]

• niggard

• skinflint

• tightwad

•   —

• frugalist

• husband    [WS] (archaic)

Hypernyms

• spender

• wanton    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:prodigal
• Thesaurus:prodigality

Further reading

• “818. prodigality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “spendthrift” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.