| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A person who spends money or resources wastefully: profligate, scattergood, spendthrift, waster, wastrel. See SAVE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending: extravagant, lavish, profligate, profuse, spendthrift, wasteful. See CAREFUL, EXCESS, SAVE. 2. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance: extravagant, exuberant, lavish, lush1, luxuriant, opulent, profuse, riotous, superabundant. See BIG, EXCESS.
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