Synonyms of profligates

profligates

noun

plural of profligate

1

as in spendthrifts

someone who spends money freely or foolishly

a profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spendthrifts
• wastrels
• spenders
• wasters
• prodigals
• squanderers
• high rollers
• dissipates
• fritterers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• economizers
• misers
• pikers
• skinflints
• tightwads
• penny-pinchers
• savers
• cheapskates
• conservers
• niggards
• scrooges

2

as in perverts

a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard

a drunken profligate, he was given to wretched excess in every aspect of his life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perverts
• degenerates
• villains
• libertines
• backsliders
• rakes
• playboys
• derelicts
• decadents
• delinquents
• debauchees
• rips
• deviates
• pervs
• scoundrels
• debauchers
• incorrigibles
• blackguards
• knaves
• reprobates
• rakehells
• rogues
• cads
• heels
• bankrupts
• satyrs
• rascals
• miscreants
• lechers
• playgirls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saints