prodigal
Meaning of prodigal
noun
A prodigal person, a spendthrift.
adjective- Wastefully extravagant.
He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.
- (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.
How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?
- Profuse, lavishly abundant.
- (by allusion to the Biblical parable of the prodigal son) returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; behaving as a prodigal son.
Information about prodigal
- The plural form of prodigal is: prodigals.
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Hyphenation of prodigal
prodi-gal
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- prodigal is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
prodigal synonyms
Meaning lavish:
lavish, munificent, overgenerous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
Meaning extravagant:
extravagant, profligate, spendthrift
Meaning profligate:
prodigal antonyms
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Translation of prodigal
- French: prodigue
- German: freigiebig
- Italian: prodigo, generosissimo
- Spanish: pródigo, profuso
Words that rhyme with prodigal
Igal, Ataigal, celadigal, novodigal, tardigal, Ereshkigal, ereshkigal, milligal, rannigal, aurigal, madrigal, strigal, warrigal, vectigal, vestigal
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