prodigality
Wasteful excess habit
Prodigality is reckless extravagance or wastefulness, especially with money.
The word carries moral weight—it suggests not just spending freely but spending beyond what's prudent or right: His prodigality left the estate in ruins.
It can extend to any lavish excess: the prodigality of nature in the tropics.
Careless use of resources
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- squanderUse up carelessly
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
improvidence · overspending · depletion · misuse · overconsumption · drain · expenditure · spendthrift
Spend freely, impulsively
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
- flamboyanceShowy, confident style
showiness · grandiosity · pomp · pageantry · glitz · magnificence · resplendence · elaborateness
Showy, abundant prosperity
- affluenceAbundance of money
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
prosperity · abundance · gold · jewels · silk · velvet · champagne · caviar
Unwise decision-making
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- impetuousnessRash, unthinking haste
- foolhardinessReckless bravery, unwise daring
carelessness · irresponsibility · abandon · thoughtlessness · shortsightedness · incaution · negligence · disregard
Excessive quantity beyond need
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- glutExcessive surplus
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
redundancy · overflow · saturation · plethora · profusion · bounty · copiousness · exuberance
wastefulness
Careless use of resources
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- squanderUse up carelessly
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
profligacy · improvidence · overspending · depletion · misuse · overconsumption · drain · expenditure · spendthrift · splurger
splurge
Spend freely, impulsively
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
flamboyance · showiness · grandiosity · pomp · pageantry · glitz · magnificence · resplendence · elaborateness · ornateness
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
treasure · prosperity · abundance · gold · jewels · silk · velvet · champagne · caviar · yacht
imprudence
Unwise decision-making
- heedlessnessFailure to notice danger
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
- impetuousnessRash, unthinking haste
foolhardiness · carelessness · irresponsibility · abandon · thoughtlessness · shortsightedness · incaution · negligence · disregard · unwariness
overabundance
Excessive quantity beyond need
superfluity · redundancy · overflow · saturation · plethora · profusion · bounty · copiousness · exuberance · immoderation
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- money mindsetsfrugal, thrifty, generous, stingy, greedy
- giftsgift, gifts, present, presents, gift boxes
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- liberalitygenerosity, charity, giving, gifts, donation
prodigalityfrugality
Economical resource management
thrift · parsimony · economy · penny-pinching · parsimoniousness
prodigalitytemperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
moderation · restraint · self-control · temperateness · self-discipline