Meaning & use
Spendthrift
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A person who spends money in a recklessly wasteful or extravagant way.
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His grandfather warned him not to become a spendthrift once he inherited the family fortune.
The company's new spendthrift management team blew through the entire annual budget by April.
A note on using this word
The word literally combines "spend" with an old sense of "thrift" meaning "savings" or "prosperity," so a spendthrift is someone who spends away their thrift.
Words with a similar meaning
squandererprodigal
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Words with an opposite meaning
misersaver
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Wastefully extravagant with money.
Her spendthrift habits left her deeply in debt within a year.
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