spendthrift
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈspɛndˌθrɪft/
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derrochador
- We had been given to understand by Mother that Dad was somewhat of a spendthrift.
Now, I don't know what is a spendthrift.
- Now, I don't know what is a spendthrift.
Examples
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His fourteenth satire is an attack on the gluttonous spendthrift father who feasts lavishly and sets a bad example so that his son always longs to dine in the same sumptuous manner.
Academic text (2011) -
I want to be a less generous person, a more stingy person or a more spendthrift person.
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You chose to play the fool and spendthrift, to live your life in exile.
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Now, now, you mustn't be a little spendthrift.
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If one partner is super frugal and one is a spendthrift, you need to start talking to each other pronto.
Blog text (30) -
What my mother remembers hearing about him would indicate that he was a spendthrift and gambled too freely for the good of his fortune.
Fiction book (1991) -
'Yes.' There was other testimony that the older Mallorys were careless spendthrifts.
Fiction book (1994) -
... about Washington's spendthrift ways, however, there is little appetite to face the inevitable realities of this circumstance.
Blog text (16) -
According to Bellori, when Caravaggio could not afford models, he was unable to paint; likewise, the spendthrift Van Dyck is said to have nearly bankrupted himself while in London by maintaining a household that included a stable of professional models.
Academic text (2015) -
After losing his job, Mark realized he could no longer afford to be a spendthrift and began budgeting his expenses.
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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9.9
A person who spends money or wastes resources and shows little care about right and wrong
A person who spends money quickly and carelessly
A person who spends money or time carelessly on things they do not need
A person who often buys things they do not need and runs out of money
A person who spends more money than they should
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A legal plan that gives someone money but keeps others in charge to protect the money from their debts
How Wasteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spendthrift combines spend and thrift, where thrift used to mean 'wealth' or 'savings'. So a spendthrift as a noun is a person who spends money carelessly and often ends up with little left.