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- DictionaryProd·i·gal/ˈprädəɡ(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant: "prodigal habits die hard"
- 2. having or giving something on a lavish scale: "the dessert was crunchy with brown sugar and prodigal with whipped cream"
noun
- 1. a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way: "he hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives"
The meaning of PRODIGAL is characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish. How to use prodigal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Prodigal.
someone who spends or uses large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise: The prodigals among them will always be more numerous than the misers. She, who was formerly a prodigal, showed herself suddenly wise and she loathed her shameful deeds.
1. wastefully or recklessly extravagant. 2. giving or yielding profusely; lavish (usu. fol. by of or with ): to be prodigal with money. 3. lavishly abundant; profuse: prodigal resources. n. 4. a person who spends money or uses resources with wasteful extravagance; wastrel or profligate.
Use the adjective prodigal to describe someone who spends too much money, or something very wasteful. Your prodigal spending on fancy coffee drinks might leave you with no money to buy lunch. Prodigal usually applies to the spending of money.
Prodigal definition: wastefully or recklessly extravagant. See examples of PRODIGAL used in a sentence.
Definitions of 'prodigal'. 1. You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. [literary] [...] 2.
(often followed by of or with) Someone yielding profusely, lavish. She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles. How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget? Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (1) Synonyms: spendthrift. profligate. extravagant. profuse. superabundant. riotous. opulent.
a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home. Definition of prodigal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
PRODIGAL meaning: 1 : carelessly and foolishly spending money, time, etc.; 2 : a son/daughter who leaves his or her parents to do things that they do not approve of but then feels sorry and returns home often used figuratively.
Synonyms for PRODIGAL: wasteful, profligate, generous, extravagant, spendthrift, unthrifty, high-rolling, liberal; Antonyms of PRODIGAL: frugal, thrifty, economical, parsimonious, conserving, miserly, penurious, spare.
