My roommate is prodigal when it comes to spending money on movies; he buys them the day they're released, regardless of price.
Source: tatoeba (1959)
Prodigal
//ˈpɹɑdɪɡəl//
Synonyms for "prodigal" (292 found)
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extravagantextremeexuberantfallenfatfecundfertilefleshlyflushformlessfrailfullgaloregenerousgluttonousgrandiloquentgushinggushyhighhigh flown
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high-flownhyperbolicimmoderateimprovidentimpurein plentyin profusionin quantityincontinentindulgentinexhaustibleinfirminflatedinordinateintemperatejam packedjam-packedjammedlapsedlavishliberallushluxuriantmagnifiedmanymaximalmuchnumerousof easy virtueopulentoverabundantoverbounteousovercopiousoverdoneoverdrawnoveremphasizedoveremphaticoverestimatedoverexuberantoverflowingovergenerousovergreatoverindulgentoverindulgingoverlargeoverlavishoverliberaloverluxuriant
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overmuchovernumerousoverplenteousoverplentifuloverplentyoverpopulatedoverpopulousoverpraisedoverprolificoversoldoverstatedoverstressedoverwroughtpackedpeccablepenny-wise and pound-foolishplenitudinousplenteousplentifulplenty
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pleonasticplethoricpopulouspostlapsarianpound-foolishprevailingprevalentprodigal sonproductiveprofuseprofusiveproliferatingprolificpuffedpuffed uppullulatingrakerampantrecidivistrecidivisticrecklessredundantreiterativerepetitiverepleterichriferiotousrunning overself-indulgentspendspend-allspenderspendthriftsquanderersquanderingstretchedstuddedsumptuoussuperabundantsuperlativeswarmingswinishtautologousteemingthickthick as hailthick withthick-comingthrivingthrongedthrongingtoo muchtoutedunangelicunbridledunchasteuncleanunconstraineduncontrolledundisciplinedunfrugalungodlyungoodunlimitedunmeasuredunrestrainedunrighteousunsaintlyunthriftyunvirtuousvirtuelesswantonwastefulwasterwastethriftwastrelwaywardweakwealthywell-foundwell-furnishedwell-plannedwell-providedwell-stockedwholesale
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Noun(16 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْرِف adj (wastefully extravagant)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- bədxərc adj (wastefully extravagant)
- israfcıl adj (wastefully extravagant)
Bulgarian
4 entries- прахоснически adj (wastefully extravagant)
- прекомерен adj (profuse, lavishly abundant)
- разточителен adj (wastefully extravagant)
- щедър adj (lavish)
Catalan
1 entries- pròdig adj (wastefully extravagant)
Czech
1 entries- marnotratný adj (wastefully extravagant)
Dutch
1 entries- kwistig adj (wastefully extravagant)
Finnish
3 entries- tuhlaavainen adj (wastefully extravagant)
- tuhlaavainen adj (lavish)
- ylenpalttinen adj (profuse, lavishly abundant)
French
1 entries- prodigue adj (wastefully extravagant)
German
4 entries- enorm adj (profuse, lavishly abundant)
- freigebig adj (lavish)
- großzügig adj (lavish)
- im Überfluß adj (profuse, lavishly abundant)
Icelandic
2 entries- hóflaus adj (wastefully extravagant)
- hóflaust adj (wastefully extravagant)
Irish
3 entries- anaisteach adj (wastefully extravagant)
- caifeach adj (wastefully extravagant)
- díobhlásach adj (wastefully extravagant)
Italian
2 entries- generoso adj (wastefully extravagant)
- prodigo adj (wastefully extravagant)
Japanese
1 entries- 放蕩 adj (wastefully extravagant)
Latin
2 entries- prōdigus adj (wastefully extravagant)
- prōdigālis adj (wastefully extravagant)
Macedonian
4 entries- да́режлив adj (lavish)
- изо́билен adj (profuse, lavishly abundant)
- о́билен adj (profuse, lavishly abundant)
- преку́мерен adj (profuse, lavishly abundant)
Malay
1 entries- pemboros adj (wastefully extravagant)
Malayalam
1 entries- ധൂർത്ത adj (wastefully extravagant)
Persian
1 entries- ولخرج adj (wastefully extravagant)
Polish
2 entries- marnotrawny adj (wastefully extravagant)
- rozrzutny adj (wastefully extravagant)
Portuguese
1 entries- pródigo adj (wastefully extravagant)
Spanish
2 entries- pródigo adj (wastefully extravagant)
- pródigo adj (lavish)
Swedish
1 entries- slösaktig adj (wastefully extravagant)
Tagalog
1 entries- masakmata adj (wastefully extravagant)
Turkish
2 entries- müsrif adj (wastefully extravagant)
- savurgan adj (wastefully extravagant)
Welsh
1 entries- afradlon adj (wastefully extravagant)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.
Source: tatoeba (1078679)
The prodigal son returned home.
Source: tatoeba (2205897)
The prodigal son is back.
Source: tatoeba (9994395)
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