Synonyms for prodigal
ˈprɒd ɪ gəl

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1. prodigal, profligate, squanderer(adj)

   a recklessly extravagant consumer

   Synonyms:
   profligate, rip, squanderer, roue, blood, rakehell, rake

   Antonyms:
   thrifty

2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift(adj)

   recklessly wasteful

   "prodigal in their expenditures"

   Synonyms:
   profligate, excessive, debauched, libertine, degraded, riotous, dissolute, fast, dissipated, spendthrift, overweening, exuberant, degenerate, extravagant

   Antonyms:
   thrifty

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1. prodigal(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   frugal

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. prodigal

   Synonyms:
   bountiful, free, generous, liberal, munificent, wasteful

   Antonyms:
   avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, rapacious, sordid, stingy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. prodigal

   Synonyms:
   lavish, profuse, extravagant, reckless, wasteful, squandering, improvident

   Antonyms:
   frugal, saving, hoarding, economical, niggardly, miserly, close, closefisted

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. prodigal(a.)

   Synonyms:
   wasteful, lavish, extravagant, profuse, too liberal

2. prodigal(n.)

   Synonyms:
   spendthrift, waster, squanderer

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. prodigal(a)

   Synonyms:
   wasteful, extravagant, lavish, profuse

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How to use prodigal in a sentence?

1. Vikrant Parsai:

   If a man is miser he will certainly have a prodigal son.

2. Former President Alfonso Portillo:

   I return as the prodigal son who made a mistake and I recognize it, my dream is to create a democratic front with various sectors and make a proposal to the country.

3. Ben Jonson:

   The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.

4. Hannah More:

   Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.

5. Ulisses Soares:

   Fill your hearts with compassion, run to them, fall on their neck, and kiss them, like the father of the prodigal son did.

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