squanderer
- noun
- /ˈskwɒndərər/
:
derrochador
- Everyone warned her about dating a squanderer, but she couldn't resist his charm and extravagant lifestyle.
Examples
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I am a hapless squanderer of emotion.
Fiction book (1990) -
"A million dollars he took and put in the hands of a drunken has-been... "a squanderer.
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He became known as a squanderer after he wasted his entire inheritance on luxury cars and lavish parties.
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As a lifelong squanderer, he often regretted spending his savings on trivial things instead of saving for the future.
Synonyms
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4.2
A person who buys many expensive things to show off
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9.4
A person who spends money freely and carelessly
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7.2
A person who spends money or time carelessly on unimportant things
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8.5
A person who spends money in a careless, wasteful way
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9.9
A person who spends money or wastes resources and shows little care about right and wrong
A person who often buys things they do not need and runs out of money
A person who wastes money and chances by spending too much
A person who spends money quickly and carelessly
A person who wastes time or money on unimportant things
A person who spends more money than they should
Antonyms
How Wasteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Squanderer comes from an older verb squander that once meant 'to scatter', like the familiar word 'scatter' — to throw things all around. So a squanderer is someone who 'scatters' their money or time and wastes it.