Definition of spendthrift Spendthrift

/spɛˈndθɹɪˌft/ - [spendthrift] - spend•thrift

We found 10 definitions of spendthrift from 7 different sources.

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What does spendthrift mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: spendthrifts

spendthrift - someone who spends money prodigally
  spend-all, spender, scattergood
  prodigal, squanderer, profligate a recklessly extravagant consumer
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • spendthrift (n.)
    One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
  • spendthrift (a.)
    Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • spendthrift
    Someone who spends money prodigiously and who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • spendthrift
    spend′thrift, n. one who spends the savings of thrift: a prodigal.—adj. excessively lavish. [Spend and thrift.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • spendthrift
    It is the thrift of a spendthrift which ruins him most effectually.

Part of speech

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  • spendthrift, noun, singular of spendthrifts.
  • spendthrift, adjective.

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