What does "spendthrift" mean?

Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

How do you pronounce "spendthrift"?

Pronounced //ˈspɛn(d)θɹɪft//.

Common synonyms include: profligate, scattergood, spend-all, big spender, big-time spender, dingthrift.

//ˈspɛn(d)θɹɪft// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
"[T]hat vve vvould doe / VVe ſhould doe vvhen vve vvould: for this vvould changes, / And hath abatements and delayes as many, / As there are tongues, are hands, are accedents, / And then this ſhould is like a ſpend thrifts ſigh, / That hurts by eaſing; […]"
2
someone who spends money prodigally wordnet
3
Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint. figuratively
"It was one of those bright days in spring, which are very spendthrifts of sunshine, when the darkest alley in London wins a golden glimpse, and the eternal mist around St. Paul's turns to a glittering haze:..."

Adjective

1
Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
"Wel, go to wild oats, ſpend thrift prodigal, / Ile croſſe thy name quight from my reckning booke: / For theſe accounts, faith it ſhall ſcath thee ſome what, / I will not ſay what, ſomewhat it ſhall be."
2
Extravagant or lavish.
"Rufus's stone lies in the outskirts of the forest, and in a few minutes they emerged upon the broad heath which bounds it, then like a sea of gold; for the furze was in the first glory of its spendthrift wealth."