prodigal

English - Turkish

Definition of prodigal in English Turkish dictionary

{i} müsrif

Oda arkadaşım, filmlere para harcama söz konusu olduğunda, müsriftir; o fiyatı ne olursa olsun, onları piyasaya çıktığı gün alıyor. - My roommate is prodigal when it comes to spending money on movies; he buys them the day they're released, regardless of price.

savurgan

müsrif kimse

mirasyedi kimse

{s} çok

savurgan tutumsuz

{s} tutumsuz

prodigal son hayatı ciddiye almayan kimse

{i} savurgan/müsrif kimse

cömertçe

{s} bol

prodigallymüsrifçe

{s} çok bol

{i} savurgan kimse

sefih

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{i} savurganlık

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bolluk

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müsriflik

prodigally

saçıp

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eli açıklık

prodigality

aşırı cömertlik

English - English

Definition of prodigal in English English dictionary

A prodigal person, a spendthrift

profuse, lavishly abundant

wastefully extravagant

He is not a prodigal son.

someone yielding profusely, lavish

How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?.

one wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property

{a} profuse, wasteful, lavish, expensive

{n} a spendthrift, waster, lavish person

recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

{s} generous, lavish; abundant, plentiful; wasteful, tending to squander money

marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life"

You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. Prodigal is also a noun. the prodigal had returned

{i} extravagant person, lavish spender; spendthrift, squanderer, one who wastes money

a recklessly extravagant consumer

a recklessly extravagant consumer marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life

Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses

very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"

Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left. Prodigal habits die hard. someone who spends money carelessly and wastes their time - used humorously

One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift

Related Terms

prodigal son

Someone who returns home from travelling, especially having repented of former extravagant behaviour

prodigal sons

plural form of prodigal son

prodigal son

formerly rebellious son who has returned submissive and repentant (from a parable in the New Testament)

prodigality

lavish generosity

prodigality

wasteful extravagance

prodigally

in a prodigal manner; extravagantly or wastefully

prodigality

{n} profuseness, waste, extravagence

prodigally

{a} profusely, lavishly, idly

prodigality

excessive spending

prodigality

Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony

prodigality

{i} wastefulness, quality of being over-extravagant in spending money; generosity, giving lavishly; plenitude, abundance

prodigality

the trait of spending extravagantly

prodigally

In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated

prodigally

in a prodigal manner; "he spent prodigally

prodigally

generously, lavishly; extravagantly, wastefully, squanderingly

prodigals

plural of prodigal

Hyphenation

pro·di·gal

Turkish pronunciation

prädîgıl

Synonyms

dissipated, excessive, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, intemperate, lavish, profligate, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, wanton, abundant, bounteous, bountiful

Antonyms

frugal, careful, thrifty, modest, poor

Pronunciation

/ˈprädəgəl/ /ˈprɑːdɪɡəl/

Etymology

() From Late Latin prodigalis (“wasteful”) Latin prodigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”) prodigere (“to consume, squander, drive forth”) pro (“before, forward”) + agere (“to drive”).