Spendthrift — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

someone who spends money prodigally

recklessly wasteful

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈɛndθɹɪft/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈɛndθɹɪft/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈɛndθɹɪft/

2 syllables Say it as /spˈɛndθɹɪft/.

Examples

prodigal in their expenditures

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

extravagant spend-all profligate prodigal scattergood spender

Parts of Speech

noun	someone who spends money prodigally
adjective	recklessly wasteful “prodigal in their expenditures”

Word Forms

spend	verb	spend completely
extravagance	noun	the trait of spending extravagantly
prodigal	noun	a recklessly extravagant consumer
prodigality	noun	excessive spending
profligate	noun	a recklessly extravagant consumer

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verschwender

jemand, der verschwenderisch Geld ausgibt

🇫🇷French

dépensier

quelqu'un qui dépense de l'argent de façon prodigue

🇪🇸Spanish

derrochador

alguien que gasta dinero pródigamente

🇮🇹Italian

spendaccione

qualcuno che spende soldi in modo prodigo

🇳🇱Dutch

verkwister

iemand die kwist geld uitgeeft

🇵🇹Portuguese

perdulário

alguém que gasta dinheiro prodigamente

🇷🇺Russian

расточительность

тот, кто расточительно тратит деньги

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उड़ाऊ

कोई व्यक्ति जो अत्यधिक पैसा खर्च करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

ব্যয়বহুল

যে কেউ অযথা অর্থ ব্যয় করে

🇮🇳Tamil

செலவழித்தல்

பணத்தை வீண் செலவு செய்பவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఖర్చుపెట్టేవాడు

డబ్బు విపరీతంగా ఖర్చు చేసే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

काटकसर

कोणीतरी जो पैसे उधळपट्टीने खर्च करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

કરકસર

કોઈ વ્યક્તિ જે પૈસા ખર્ચે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುಂದುವೆಚ್ಚ

ಹಣವನ್ನು ದುಂದು ವೆಚ್ಚ ಮಾಡುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചെലവുചുരുക്കൽ

അമിതമായി പണം ചെലവഴിക്കുന്ന ഒരാൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਰਚਾ

ਕੋਈ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਪੈਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਫਾਲਤੂ ਖਰਚਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

فضول خرچی

کوئی ایسا شخص جو پیسہ خرچ کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

败家子

花钱大手大脚的人

🇯🇵Japanese

浪費家

お金を浪費する人

🇰🇷Korean

낭비하다

돈을 낭비하는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tiêu xài hoang phí

một người tiêu tiền hoang phí

🇹🇭Thai

ใช้จ่ายอย่างประหยัด

คนที่ใช้จ่ายเงินฟุ่มเฟือย

🇮🇩Indonesian

boros

seseorang yang menghabiskan uang secara boros

🇵🇭Filipino

magastos

isang taong gumagastos ng pera nang walang kwenta

🇲🇾Malay

boros

seseorang yang membelanjakan wang secara membazir

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إسراف

شخص ينفق المال بإسراف

🇮🇷Persian

ولخرجی

کسی که پول را اسراف می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

müsriflik

parayı savurganca harcayan biri

🇮🇱Hebrew

בַּזבְּזָן

מישהו שמוציא כסף בצורה מוגזמת

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