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dissipater

dissipater

9.6
A person who wastes money and chances by spending too much
  • noun
  • /ˈdɪsɪˌpeɪtər/
translation icon : derrochador
  • The young dissipater quickly lost his fortune on gambling and luxury.

Examples

  • Despite his talent, his reputation as a dissipater made it hard for him to find investors.

  • Many consider her a dissipater of opportunities.

  • She warned her son not to become a dissipater like his uncle.

  • He is a notorious dissipater of funds.

  • After years of reckless spending, he earned a reputation as a dissipater who squandered his wealth.

  • The community tried to help him, but they saw him as a dissipater who wasted every chance he got.

  • He was labeled a dissipater after funding numerous failed ventures without consideration for the costs involved.

Synonyms

guzzler
vsdissipater
  • Informal
7 5.2

Something that uses a large amount of fuel, power, or data

focuses on reckless waste of money and lost opportunities instead
waster
vsdissipater
  • Offensive
6 7.2

A person who spends money or time carelessly on unimportant things

adds reckless excess and loss of chances beyond mere indulgence
spendthrift
vsdissipater
1 8.4

Spending money in a careless, wasteful way

is broader and also covers wasting time and missed chances
profligate
vsdissipater
  • Formal
1 9.9

A person who spends money or wastes resources and shows little care about right and wrong

focuses more on reckless loss and missed opportunities than moral blame
squanderer
vsdissipater
7.5

A person who spends money or time carelessly on things they do not need

includes reckless loss of opportunities as well as resources
spend-all
vsdissipater
  • Informal
9.4

A person who often buys things they do not need and runs out of money

stresses reckless loss of opportunities and other resources
overspender
vsdissipater
3.9

A person who spends more money than they should

is broader, covering reckless resource loss and missed opportunities
fritterer
vsdissipater
8.9

A person who wastes time or money on unimportant things

refers more to large reckless losses and missed opportunities instead

Antonyms

saver
23 1.4

A person who keeps money for the future instead of spending it

How Wasteful

profligate
  • Formal
1 9.9
dissipater
9.6
waster
  • Offensive
6 7.2
spender
34 2.1
saver
23 1.4

Surface Forms

dissipater singular
dissipaters plural

Morphology

dissipater = dissipate (transparent) = dissipate + er

Standard agentive formation from 'dissipate'; the sense 'person who wastes' follows directly from 'dissipate' + '-er'.

Etymology

Dissipater comes from the Latin root dissipare, which means 'to scatter', and you can think of it like someone who 'scatters' money or chances. So a dissipater is a person who wastes money or resources by spending too freely or carelessly.