prodigal 音标拼音: [pr'ɑdɪgəl]
n . 浪费者
a . 浪费的,挥霍的,放荡的
浪费者浪费的,挥霍的,放荡的
prodigal adj 1 :
recklessly wasteful ; "
prodigal in their expenditures "
[
synonym : {
extravagant }, {
prodigal }, {
profligate },
{
spendthrift }]
n 1 :
a recklessly extravagant consumer [
synonym : {
prodigal },
{
profligate }, {
squanderer }]
Prodigal \
Prod "
i *
gal \,
a . [
L .
prodigus ,
from prodigere to drive forth ,
to squander away ;
pro forward ,
forth agere to drive ;
cf .
F .
prodigue .
See {
Agent }. ]
Given to extravagant expenditure ;
expending money or other things without necessity ;
recklessly or viciously profuse ;
lavish ;
wasteful ;
not frugal or economical ;
as ,
a prodigal man ;
the prodigal son ;
prodigal giving ;
prodigal expenses .
[
1913 Webster ]
In fighting fields [
patriots ]
were prodigal of blood .
--
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Profuse ;
lavish ;
extravagant ;
squandering ;
wasteful .
See {
Profuse }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Prodigal \
Prod "
i *
gal \,
n .
One who expends money extravagantly ,
viciously ,
or without necessity ;
one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure ;
a waster ;
a spendthrift . "
Noble prodigals of life ." --
Trench .
[
1913 Webster ]
208 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prodigal ":
Adamic ,
abounding ,
abundant ,
affluent ,
aggrandized ,
alive with ,
all -
sufficing ,
ample ,
amplified ,
aplenty ,
backsliding ,
ballyhooed ,
bibulous ,
big -
time spender ,
bottomless ,
bounteous ,
bountiful ,
bristling ,
bursting ,
carnal ,
copious ,
crapulent ,
crapulous ,
crawling ,
crowded ,
crowding ,
diffuse ,
diffusive ,
disproportionate ,
dissipative ,
easy come ,
easy go ,
effuse ,
effusive ,
epidemic ,
erring ,
exaggerated ,
excessive ,
exhaustless ,
exorbitant ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
exuberant ,
fallen ,
fat ,
fecund ,
fertile ,
fleshly ,
flush ,
formless ,
frail ,
full ,
galore ,
generous ,
gluttonous ,
grandiloquent ,
gushing ,
gushy ,
high -
flown ,
hyperbolic ,
immoderate ,
improvident ,
impure ,
in plenty ,
in profusion ,
in quantity ,
incontinent ,
indulgent ,
inexhaustible ,
infirm ,
inflated ,
inordinate ,
intemperate ,
jam -
packed ,
jammed ,
lapsed ,
lavish ,
liberal ,
lush ,
luxuriant ,
magnified ,
many ,
maximal ,
much ,
numerous ,
of easy virtue ,
opulent ,
overabundant ,
overbounteous ,
overcopious ,
overdone ,
overdrawn ,
overemphasized ,
overemphatic ,
overestimated ,
overexuberant ,
overflowing ,
overgenerous ,
overgreat ,
overindulgent ,
overindulging ,
overlarge ,
overlavish ,
overliberal ,
overluxuriant ,
overmuch ,
overnumerous ,
overplenteous ,
overplentiful ,
overplenty ,
overpopulated ,
overpopulous ,
overpraised ,
overprolific ,
oversold ,
overstated ,
overstressed ,
overwrought ,
packed ,
peccable ,
penny -
wise and pound -
foolish ,
plenitudinous ,
plenteous ,
plentiful ,
plenty ,
pleonastic ,
plethoric ,
populous ,
postlapsarian ,
pound -
foolish ,
prevailing ,
prevalent ,
prodigal son ,
productive ,
profligate ,
profuse ,
profusive ,
proliferating ,
prolific ,
puffed ,
pullulating ,
rampant ,
recidivist ,
recidivistic ,
reckless ,
redundant ,
reiterative ,
repetitive ,
replete ,
rich ,
rife ,
riotous ,
running over ,
self -
indulgent ,
spend -
all ,
spender ,
spendthrift ,
squanderer ,
squandering ,
stretched ,
studded ,
sumptuous ,
superabundant ,
superlative ,
swarming ,
swinish ,
tautologous ,
teeming ,
thick ,
thick as hail ,
thick with ,
thick -
coming ,
thriving ,
thronged ,
thronging ,
too much ,
touted ,
unangelic ,
unbridled ,
unchaste ,
unclean ,
unconstrained ,
uncontrolled ,
undisciplined ,
unfrugal ,
ungodly ,
ungood ,
unlimited ,
unmeasured ,
unrestrained ,
unrighteous ,
unsaintly ,
unthrifty ,
unvirtuous ,
virtueless ,
wanton ,
wasteful ,
waster ,
wastethrift ,
wastrel ,
wayward ,
weak ,
wealthy ,
well -
found ,
well -
furnished ,
well -
provided ,
well -
stocked ,
wholesale PRODIGAL ,
civil law ,
persons .
Prodigals were persons who ,
though of full age ,
were incapable of managing their affairs ,
and of the obligations which attended them ,
in consequence of their bad conduct ,
and for whom a curator was therefore appointed .
2 .
In Pennsylvania ,
by act of assembly ,
an habitual drunkard is deprived of the management of his affairs ,
when he wastes his property ,
and his estate is placed in the bands of a committee .
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