prodigal
Wasteful with money
Prodigal means wastefully extravagant, especially with money: a prodigal spender, prodigal habits that left him bankrupt.
The word carries connotations of reckless abundance rather than mere carelessness.
A prodigal is someone who spends lavishly and unwisely.
The phrase prodigal son comes from a biblical parable about a wastrel who squanders his inheritance, then returns home penitent—so prodigal often implies eventual return or redemption: The prodigal daughter came back to the family business.
Reckless with money
- squandererOne who wastes wealth
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
reckless · improvident · dissipated · dissolute · immoderate · unrestrained · excessive · intemperate
Returning to one's origin
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- reunionGathering after separation
welcomed · restored · received · embraced · celebration · feast · return · wanderer
Exceeding sensible bounds
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- abundantExisting in great quantity
bountiful · profuse · generous · plentiful · copious · overflowing · munificent · unstinting
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- salvationDeliverance from harm
transformation · reform · renewal · absolution · penitence · reconciliation · recovery · rehabilitation
spendthrift
Reckless with money
- squandererOne who wastes wealth
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
lavish · reckless · improvident · dissipated · dissolute · immoderate · unrestrained · excessive · intemperate · irresponsible
homecoming
Returning to one's origin
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
reunion · welcomed · restored · received · embraced · celebration · feast · return · wanderer · wayward
extravagant
Exceeding sensible bounds
abundant · bountiful · profuse · generous · plentiful · copious · overflowing · munificent · unstinting · liberal
repentance
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
salvation · transformation · reform · renewal · absolution · penitence · reconciliation · recovery · rehabilitation · rebirth
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- Christianesealtar call, backslider, blessed, born again, churched
- sinnerssinner, transgressor, evildoer, wrongdoer, blasphemer
- Lost soulslost soul, lost sheep, wanderer, drifter, missing person
- spendersspendthrift, overspender, big spender, free spender, reckless spender
- defectiondefection, defect, defector, turncoat, desertion
prodigalfrugal
Sparing with resources
thrifty · parsimonious · miserly · stingy · tightfisted
- prodigal sonsWasteful children who return
- child prodigyExceptionally gifted youngster
- The Prodigal SonParable's repentant spendthrift
- music prodigyRemarkably talented young musician
- musical prodigyExceptionally gifted young performer
- chess prodigyTalented young strategist
prodigy, prodigious, prodigality, prodigally, prodigals, prodigal son