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    PROFLIGATE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A recklessly extravagant consumerplay

    Synonyms:

    prodigal; profligate; squanderer

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("profligate" is a kind of...):

    consumer (a person who uses goods or services)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profligate"):

    scattergood; spend-all; spender; spendthrift (someone who spends money prodigally)

    waster; wastrel (someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently)

    Derivation:

    profligate (recklessly wasteful)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A dissolute man in fashionable societyplay

    Synonyms:

    blood; profligate; rake; rakehell; rip; roue

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("profligate" is a kind of...):

    debauchee; libertine; rounder (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained)

    Derivation:

    profligate (unrestrained by convention or morality)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Unrestrained by convention or moralityplay

    Example:

    fast women

    Synonyms:

    debauched; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; dissolute; fast; libertine; profligate; riotous

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

    Derivation:

    profligate (a dissolute man in fashionable society)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Recklessly wastefulplay

    Example:

    prodigal in their expenditures

    Synonyms:

    extravagant; prodigal; profligate; spendthrift

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    wasteful (tending to squander and waste)

    Derivation:

    profligate (a recklessly extravagant consumer)

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