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   Prod·i·gal

   /ˈprädəɡ(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant: "prodigal habits die hard" Similar wastefulextravagantspendthriftimprovidentimprudentimmoderateprofligatethriftlessexcessiveintemperateirresponsibleself-indulgentrecklesswantonOpposite thriftyeconomicalparsimonious
   • 2. having or giving something on a lavish scale: "the dessert was crunchy with brown sugar and prodigal with whipped cream" Similar generouslavishliberalunstintingunsparingbountifulcopiousprofuseabundant inabounding inrichliterary:bounteousOpposite mean

   noun

   • 1. a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way: "he hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives"
   • ▪ a person who leaves home and behaves recklessly, but later makes a repentant return.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin prodigalis, from Latin prodigus ‘lavish’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prodigality noun
   • 2. prodigally adverb

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   How do you describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter?

   • 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. ...the parable of the prodigal son. Prodigal is also a noun . The prodigal had returned.

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   What does the word prodigal mean?

   • Prodigal also has a second meaning, similar to the first. This second definition is “profuse in giving, exceedingly abundant.” I know all this because I looked up the word prodigal as I was preparing this sermon.

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   How do you describe a prodigal person?

   • 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. In the Bible, the Prodigal Son leaves home and wastes all his money.

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   What does Prodigal Son mean?

   • People call it the story of the prodigal son. Just a little sidelight here. The word prodigal appears nowhere in the story. I suppose the word prodigal was tacked on by someone who had a dictionary or a thesaurus and discovered that it means “a wasteful person, a spendthrift.” Prodigal also has a second meaning, similar to the first.

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   Prodigal is an adjective that means spending or using large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise. It can also be a noun that means someone who does the same. See more meanings, synonyms, examples and translations of prodigal in English and other languages.

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   Prodigal means wastefully or recklessly extravagant, or very generous and lavish. It can also refer to a person who spends lavishly or squanders money. See examples, origin, and related words for prodigal.

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   Definitions of prodigal. adjective. recklessly wasteful. “ prodigal in their expenditures” synonyms: extravagant, profligate, spendthrift. wasteful. tending to squander and waste. adjective. giving or having in a lavish, abundant, or bountiful way. noun. a recklessly extravagant person. synonyms: profligate, squanderer. see more. noun.

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    Prodigal is an adjective that means exceedingly or recklessly wasteful, or a noun that means someone who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance. Learn the synonyms, origin, and usage examples of prodigal from various sources and dictionaries.