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Profligate

/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/

An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

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📖 Definitions of "Profligate"

noun

1
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
2
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.

verb

1
To drive away; to overcome.

adjective

1
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
2
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
3
Overthrown, ruined.

🔄 Synonyms of "Profligate"

18 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
libertinenoun	Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
extravagant	Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
degenerateverb	(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
riotous	Unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.
immoral	Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)
prodigalnoun	Wastefully extravagant.
ripverb	(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
fastnoun	(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
rouenoun	Alternative spelling of roué. [A debauched or lecherous person.]
dissolutenoun	Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
debauched	Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
dissipated	Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
degraded	Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
wasteful	Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
spendthriftnoun	Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
squanderernoun	One who squanders.
bloodnoun	A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
rakenoun	(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Profligate"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
spendthriftnoun	Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
prodigalnoun	Wastefully extravagant.
extravagant	Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
wasteful	Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
dissolute	Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
dissipatedverb	Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
debauched	Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
riotous	Unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.
fastnoun	(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
degenerate	(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
degraded	Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
immoral	Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)
ripverb	(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
libertine	Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.
rakenoun	(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
bloodnoun	A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
rouenoun	Alternative spelling of roué. [A debauched or lecherous person.]
squanderernoun	One who squanders.
lavish	Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
wastagenoun	(uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.