wastrel

(wā'strəl)
n.

1. One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; a profligate.
2. An idler or a loafer.

[WAST(E) + -rel (as in SCOUNDREL).]

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noun

1. A person who spends money or resources wastefully: prodigal, profligate, scattergood, spendthrift, waster. See save/waste.
2. A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum¹, drone¹, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard. Informal do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug². Slang slouch. See industrious/lazy.

For a list of words related to wastrel, see:

• Spending, Receiving, and Possessing Wealth - wastrel: person who squanders money or spends extravagantly
• Morality or Character

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See words rhyming with "wastrel."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - ødeland, døgenigt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkwister

Français (French)
n. - dépensier, vaurien

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nichtsnutz, Verschwender, verlassenes Kind

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παράσιτο, χαραμοφάης

Italiano (Italian)
discolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - artigo defeituoso (m), pessoa que não presta (f)

Русский (Russian)
неполноценный, расточительный, прожигатель жизни, бродяга

Español (Spanish)
n. - golfo, inútil, derrochador, vagabundo, vago

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slösare, odåga, gatpojke

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
挥霍者, 无用之人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 揮霍者, 無用之人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 낭비자, 부랑아, (제품의) 파물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 浪費家, やくざ者, 役立たず, きずもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المتبطل, المتشرد, المبذر, لقيط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בזבזן, בטלן, לא-יוצלח, ילד מוזנח‬

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