profligates
Those who squander
Profligates are people who spend money or resources recklessly and wastefully, or who live dissolutely without moral restraint.
The word carries strong disapproval, suggesting not just carelessness but shameless excess: The profligates had squandered the family fortune within a generation.
Profligate works as both noun and adjective: profligate spending, a profligate lifestyle.
Reckless with money
- squanderUse up carelessly
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- fritterFried batter cake
dissipation · excess · lavishness · unthrifty · improvident · squanderer · overconsumption · drain
One lacking moral restraint
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
rakish · licentious · pleasure-seeking · voluptuary · sybarite · carousal · sensual · indulgence
Dishonest, open to bribes
- depravedMorally corrupt, perverse
- sinfulViolating moral law
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- shamelessLacking moral embarrassment
disreputable · unprincipled · vile · base · scandalous · debauched · abandoned · fallen
Lacking careful forethought
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
foolhardy · undisciplined · unrestrained · incautious · impulsive · careless · thoughtless · improvident
spendthrift
Reckless with money
- squanderUse up carelessly
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
fritter · dissipation · excess · lavishness · unthrifty · improvident · squanderer · overconsumption · drain · misuse
libertine
One lacking moral restraint
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
decadence · rakish · licentious · pleasure-seeking · voluptuary · sybarite · carousal · sensual · indulgence · bacchanal
corrupt
Dishonest, open to bribes
shameless · disreputable · unprincipled · vile · base · scandalous · debauched · abandoned · fallen · reprobate
imprudent
Lacking careful forethought
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
impetuous · foolhardy · undisciplined · unrestrained · incautious · impulsive · careless · thoughtless · improvident · wild
profligatesmisers
Stingy wealth hoarders
savers · skinflints · penny-pinchers · tightwads · cheapskates
profligatesascetics
People practicing severe self-discipline
abstainers · prudes · monks · saints · celibates