big spender
Throws money around
A big spender is someone who spends money freely and lavishly, often on luxury items, entertainment, or generous gestures: He's a big spender—always picking up the tab.
The phrase can be admiring or critical depending on context, suggesting either generosity and success or recklessness with money.
Recklessly extravagant or dissolute
- squandererOne who wastes wealth
- high-rollerLavish casino gambler
- splurgerOne who spends extravagantly
- wastrelReckless spender, idle person
prodigal · imprudent · excessive · immoderate · unrestrained · splurge · throw money around · live large
Ostentatiously wealthy
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- decadentSelf-indulgent, often corruptly
- indulgentToo willing to yield
plush · ritzy · swanky · gilded · palatial · lavish · flashy · ostentatious
Donor to charitable causes
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- donorOne who contributes freely
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- sponsorFunder of activities
tipper · gift giver · munificent · magnanimous · openhanded · bountiful
Having abundant financial resources
- richHaving much of something
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
tycoon · magnate · moneyed · well-heeled · loaded · flush · deep pockets · trust fund
Compulsive retail addict
- retail therapyShopping to improve mood
- impulse buyerOne who purchases impulsively
- collectorOne who gathers items
- connoisseurExpert in matters of taste
brand loyalist · art collector · personal shopper · bespoke · custom orders
profligate
Recklessly extravagant or dissolute
- squandererOne who wastes wealth
- high-rollerLavish casino gambler
- splurgerOne who spends extravagantly
wastrel · prodigal · imprudent · excessive · immoderate · unrestrained · splurge · throw money around · live large
opulent
Ostentatiously wealthy
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- decadentSelf-indulgent, often corruptly
indulgent · plush · ritzy · swanky · gilded · palatial · lavish · flashy · ostentatious · showy
philanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- donorOne who contributes freely
- patronRegular supporter or customer
sponsor · tipper · gift giver · munificent · magnanimous · openhanded · bountiful
affluent
Having abundant financial resources
- richHaving much of something
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
billionaire · tycoon · magnate · moneyed · well-heeled · loaded · flush · deep pockets · trust fund · heir
shopaholic
Compulsive retail addict
- retail therapyShopping to improve mood
- impulse buyerOne who purchases impulsively
- collectorOne who gathers items
connoisseur · brand loyalist · art collector · personal shopper · bespoke · custom orders
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, high roller
- spending habitsfrugality, impulse buying, frugal living, thriftiness, thrift
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
- high rollerswhale, VIP, heavy hitter, platinum member, gold member
- money mindsetsfrugal, thrifty, generous, stingy, greedy
- spendersoverspender, splurger, squanderer, prodigal, profligate
big spenderpenny-pincher
Excessively frugal person
tightwad · cheapskate · miser · skinflint · scrooge
big spendercheapskate
Stingy person
Scrooge · Ebenezer Scrooge · skinflint · chiseler · penny ante
big spenderpauper
Person in extreme poverty
beggar · poor person · have-not · indigent
big, spent, spend, spending, expend, dispense, dispenser, expenditure, spendthrift