Antonyms for profligate
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : prof-li-git, -geyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒf lɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt |
Definition of profligate
Origin :- 1520s, "overthrown, routed" (now obsolete in this sense), from Latin profligatus "destroyed, ruined, corrupt, abandoned, dissolute," past participle of profligare "to cast down, defeat, ruin," from pro- "down, forth" (see pro-) + fligere "to strike" (see afflict). Main modern meaning "recklessly extravagant" is 1779, via notion of "ruined by vice" (1640s, implied in a use of profligation). Related: Profligately. As a noun from 1709.
- adj immoral, corrupt
- adj wasteful
- noun person who is immoral
- The brilliant but profligate Buckingham is retained as prime minister.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
- Why, a profligate couldn't spend ten dollars a week here, if he tried.
- Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
- He was reputed to be the paid lover of an exiled and profligate queen.
- Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
- But we have some of it left, and we profligate rulers, as the workers call us, cherish it.
- Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
- The imagination of a profligate cannot be other than depraved.
- Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
- As a student, he was wild and profligate, though attentive to his studies.
- Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley
- We do not gain the high art of holding the good which we gain, so profligate are we.
- Extract from : « Cupology » by Clara
- Nay, have no suspicions as to my morality—I am no profligate.
- Extract from : « Werwolves » by Elliott O'Donnell
- But her husband was profligate, and he wasted her substance.
- Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
- That is their shield and buckler, their defence against the attacks of the profligate.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of the Mediterranean » by W.H.G. Kingston
Synonyms for profligate
- abandoned
- debauched
- debauchee
- degenerate
- depraved
- dissipated
- dissipater
- dissolute
- extravagant
- good-for-nothing
- immoderate
- improvident
- iniquitous
- lavish
- lax
- lecher
- lewd
- libertine
- licentious
- loose
- nighthawk
- no-good
- old goat
- operator
- prodigal
- promiscuous
- rake
- reckless
- reprobate
- roué
- shameless
- spendthrift
- squandering
- swinger
- unprincipled
- vicious
- vitiated
- wanton
- waster
- wastrel
- wicked
- wild
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