prodigal

adj.

1. Rashly or wastefully extravagant: prodigal expenditures on unneeded weaponry; a prodigal life.
2. Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse: prodigal praise. See synonyms at profuse.

n.
One who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance.

[Probably back-formation from PRODIGALITY.]

prodigally prod'i·gal·ly adv.

adjective

1. Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending: extravagant, lavish, profligate, profuse, spendthrift, wasteful. See careful/careless, excess/insufficiency/enough, save/waste.
2. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance: extravagant, exuberant, lavish, lush¹, luxuriant, opulent, profuse, riotous, superabundant. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.

noun

A person who spends money or resources wastefully: profligate, scattergood, spendthrift, waster, wastrel. See save/waste.

adj

Definition: luxurious, profuse
Antonyms: economical, modest, poor

adj

Definition: wasteful
Antonyms: careful, economical, thrifty

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a recklessly extravagant consumer
  Synonyms: profligate, squanderer

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The adjective prodigal has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: very generous
  Synonyms: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting

Meaning #2: recklessly wasteful
  Synonyms: extravagant, profligate, spendthrift

Meaning #3: marked by rash extravagance

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ødsel
n. - ødeland

idioms:

• prodigal son    den fortabte søn

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwistig

Français (French)
adj. - extravagant, prodigue
n. - prodigue, dépensier

idioms:

• prodigal son    l'enfant prodigue

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verschwenderisch
n. - Verschwender

idioms:

• prodigal son    verlorener Sohn

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άσωτος, σπάταλος
n. - άσωτος

idioms:

• prodigal son    (θρησκ., μτφ.) άσωτος υιός

Italiano (Italian)
prodigo, generoso, sprecone

idioms:

• prodigal son    figliol prodigo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pródigo
n. - pródigo (m)

idioms:

• prodigal son    filho pródigo

Русский (Russian)
расточительный, транжира

idioms:

• prodigal son    блудный сын

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pródigo, derrochador, profuso, abundante
n. - pródigo, derrochador, profuso, abundante

idioms:

• prodigal son    el Hijo Pródigo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slösaktig, rundhänt
n. - slösare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
浪费的, 放荡的, 挥霍的, 浪费者

idioms:

• prodigal son    回头的浪子, 悔改之罪人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 浪費的, 放蕩的, 揮霍的
n. - 浪費者

idioms:

• prodigal son    回頭的浪子, 悔改之罪人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 낭비하는, 방탕한
n. - 낭비자, 방탕아

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 浪費する, 惜しみなく与える, 豊富で, おおまかな, 豊富な
n. - 浪費家, 放蕩者

idioms:

• prodigal son    帰郷した放蕩息子, 悔い改めた罪人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مسرف, مبذر (الاسم) متسم بالتبذير, وافر السخاء, خصب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בזבזני, עשיר, נדיב, שופע‬
n. - ‮בזבזן, עשיר, נדיב‬

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