profligate

Speech parts

1. profligate - Noun

2. profligate - Adjective

3. profligate - Verb

4. profligate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.

An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

To drive away; to overcome.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dissolute blood libertine prodigal FAST abandoned corrupt degraded degenerate extravagant dissipated rip rake riotous spendthrift
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Antonyms

franciscan puritan provident scrooge dervish miser
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Hypernyms

libertine consumer rounder debauchee

Hyponyms

spender spendthrift scattergood waster spend-all wastrel

Phrases with the word

profligate man

Examples

Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society Source: Internet

deplorably dissipated and degraded Source: Internet

riotous living Source: Internet

fast women Source: Internet

prodigal in their expenditures Source: Internet

A rather profligate spender, she had a large library and loved to entertain and listen to music. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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