What are some opposite words for profligate?
Antonyms for profligate
ˈprɒf lɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪtprof·li·gate
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rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, rouenoun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonyms:
rent, pitch, rakehell, parentage, blood line, snag, crosscurrent, lineage, roue, stock, rip, ancestry, stemma, descent, pedigree, riptide, line of descent, blood, tide rip, line, slant, squanderer, rake, origin, split, countercurrent, bloodline, tear, prodigalprodigal, profligate, squandereradjective
a recklessly extravagant consumer
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rip, prodigal, squanderer, roue, blood, rakehell, rakeextravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthriftadjective
recklessly wasteful
"prodigal in their expenditures"
Synonyms:
excessive, debauched, prodigal, libertine, degraded, riotous, dissolute, fast, dissipated, spendthrift, overweening, exuberant, degenerate, extravagantdebauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fastadjective
unrestrained by convention or morality
"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
Synonyms:
luxuriant, loyal, sporting, quick, profuse, riotous, debauched, devalued, lush, extravagant, fast, dissolute, turbulent, libertine, truehearted, card-playing, disruptive, debased, tumultuous, betting, degraded, fast(a), flying, troubled, dissipated, exuberant, spendthrift, degenerate, immobile, prodigal, firm
How to use profligate in a sentence?
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4904 | moral | |
#23228 | thrifty | |
#107022 | profligate |
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