spender
Wallet-draining person
A spender is someone who spends money, often implying a tendency toward spending freely or liberally.
The word usually appears with a modifier: a big spender parts with money easily, while a careful spender is more cautious.
She's not much of a spender—most of her salary goes straight to savings.
Exceeding sensible bounds
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- squandererOne who wastes wealth
- wastrelReckless spender, idle person
high-roller · prodigal · opulent · indulgent · generous · liberal · magnanimous · munificent
Compulsive retail addict
- overspenderOne who exceeds budget
- debtMoney owed another
- splurgerOne who spends extravagantly
- addictedCompulsively reliant on something
obsessive · materialistic · hoarder · excessive · indulgent · bankruptcy · maxed-out · collector
One who purchases goods
- buyerOne who acquires things
- purchaserOne who buys something
- customerBuyer of goods
- patronRegular supporter or customer
retail · transaction · checkout · cart · wallet · credit · debit · cash
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- saverOne who keeps resources
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
tightwad · miser · cheapskate · careful · prudent · restrained · cost-conscious · bargain-hunter
One who owes government duties
- deficitAmount still owed
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- fiscalOf public revenue
- budgetPlan for spending
appropriations · stimulus · subsidies · entitlements · welfare · infrastructure · pork-barrel · earmarks
extravagant
Exceeding sensible bounds
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- squandererOne who wastes wealth
wastrel · high-roller · prodigal · opulent · indulgent · generous · liberal · magnanimous · munificent · flashy
shopaholic
Compulsive retail addict
- overspenderOne who exceeds budget
- debtMoney owed another
- splurgerOne who spends extravagantly
addicted · obsessive · materialistic · hoarder · excessive · indulgent · bankruptcy · maxed-out · collector · accumulator
shopper
One who purchases goods
patron · retail · transaction · checkout · cart · wallet · credit · debit · cash · mall
thrifty
Prudent with resources
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- saverOne who keeps resources
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
penny-pincher · tightwad · miser · cheapskate · careful · prudent · restrained · cost-conscious · bargain-hunter · scrimper
taxpayer
One who owes government duties
budget · appropriations · stimulus · subsidies · entitlements · welfare · infrastructure · pork-barrel · earmarks · austerity
- money mindsetsfrugal, thrifty, generous, stingy, greedy
- shoppersshoppers, bargain hunters, window shopper, impulse buyers, window shoppers
- compulsivesperfectionist, obsessive, neurotic, control freak, neat freak
- spend timeUse duration on something
- spending timeUsing duration on something
- spending moneyCash for incidentals
- big spenderOne who splurges freely
- spending spreeBout of extravagant purchasing
- government spendingState allocation of funds