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• waster — *spendthrift, profligate, prodigal, wastrel Analogous words: idler, loafer, lounger (see corresponding verbs at IDLE): squanderer, dissipater, fritterer (see corresponding verbs at WASTE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• spendthrift — spendthrift, prodigal, profligate, waster, wastrel are comparable when they denote a person who dissipates his resources foolishly and wastefully. All are more or less pejorative terms but they may differ significantly in emphasis and application …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Waster — Wast er, n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See {Waste}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal. [1913 Webster] He also that is slothful …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spendthrift — [n] person careless with money big spender*, dissipater, high roller*, improvident, imprudent, prodigal, profligate, spender, sport, squanderer, waster, wastrel; concepts 348,353,423 Ant. miser, saver …   New thesaurus

• waster — [wās′tər] n. a person or thing that wastes; esp., a spendthrift or prodigal; wastrel …   English World dictionary

• spendthrift — 1. noun he is such a spendthrift Syn: profligate, prodigal, squanderer, waster; informal big spender Ant: miser 2. adjective his spendthrift father Syn: profligate, improvident, thriftless, wasteful, extravagant, prodigal …   Thesaurus of popular words

• spendthrift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wastrel, prodigal, profligate, squanderer. See waste. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wastrel, squanderer, high spender, waster, prodigal, prodigal son, profligate, high roller*, big spender*, high roller*.… …   English dictionary for students

• waster — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spendthrift, prodigal, wastrel; see beggar 1 , loafer . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who spends money or resources wastefully: prodigal, profligate, scattergood, spendthrift, wastrel. See SAVE …   English dictionary for students

• waster — /way steuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc. 2. a piece of ceramic ware warped, cracked, or melted during firing. 3. a spendthrift or wastrel. 4. a destroyer: The Vandals were wasters of cities. 5. Chiefly Brit. wastrel… …   Universalium

• spendthrift — Synonyms and related words: big time spender, dissipative, easy come, easy go, extravagant, improvident, incontinent, intemperate, lavish, overgenerous, overlavish, overliberal, penny wise and pound foolish, pound foolish, prodigal, prodigal son …   Moby Thesaurus

• waster — wast·er || weɪstÉ™(r) n. someone or something that wastes; squanderer, spendthrift …   English contemporary dictionary