spendthrift
Irresponsible with funds
A spendthrift is someone who spends money recklessly or wastefully, unable to hold onto wealth: Her spendthrift husband burned through the inheritance in three years.
The word combines "spend" with "thrift" (saved wealth)—one who spends their savings.
As an adjective, it describes wasteful habits: spendthrift ways.
One who wastes wealth
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- wastrelReckless spender, idle person
- dissipaterOne who disperses
- frittererOne who squanders
improvident · unthrifty · lavish · imprudent · reckless · careless · heedless · irresponsible
Marked by costly elegance
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- decadentSelf-indulgent, often corruptly
splurge · high-roller · ostentatious · grandiose · ritzy · swanky · glitzy · showy
Compulsive retail addict
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- retailSales to end users
- materialisticPrioritizing physical wealth
- buyingObtaining through payment
acquisition · mall · boutique · luxury · debt · splurging · fashionista · trendsetter
squanderer
One who wastes wealth
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- wastrelReckless spender, idle person
- dissipaterOne who disperses
fritterer · improvident · unthrifty · lavish · imprudent · reckless · careless · heedless · irresponsible · incautious
luxurious
Marked by costly elegance
decadent · splurge · high-roller · ostentatious · grandiose · ritzy · swanky · glitzy · showy · flamboyant
shopaholic
Compulsive retail addict
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- retailSales to end users
- materialisticPrioritizing physical wealth
buying · acquisition · mall · boutique · luxury · debt · splurging · fashionista · trendsetter · collector
squander
Use up carelessly
deplete · exhaust · misuse · hemorrhage · bleed · consume · waste · loss · run-through · throw-away
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- money mindsetsfrugal, generous, stingy, greedy, cheap
- spenderssplurger, squanderer, prodigal, profligate, wastrel
- difficult peopleegomaniac, egotist, nitpicker, drama queen, control freak
- shoppersshoppers, bargain hunters, window shopper, impulse buyers, window shoppers
- spendingshopping, purchases, expenses, bills, groceries
spendthriftmiser
Stingy wealth hoarder
saver · penny-pincher · tightwad · skinflint · cheapskate
spendthriftthrifty
Prudent with resources
frugal · economical · parsimonious · tightfisted · penny-pinching