PROFLIGATES Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

profligates

noun

plural of profligate

as in spendthrifts

someone who spends money freely or foolishly a profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt

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as in perverts

a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard a drunken profligate, he was given to wretched excess in every aspect of his life

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Noun

Foster died destitute in 1864, after falling and injuring himself in the bathroom of a hotel on the Bowery, becoming perhaps the first of many famous wastrels in American popular music.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of wastrels

Noun

This blatant fealty over objectivity perverts the process by choosing personal loyalists instead of independent public servants.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
This blatant expression of fealty over objectivity perverts the process by choosing personal loyalists instead of independent public servants.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of perverts

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Independent groups spent millions more backing unsuccessful Republican candidates for governor Chris Carr and Brad Raffensperger, with interests ranging from Planned Parenthood to Georgia Realtors rounding out the top spenders.

— David Wickert, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The champions are expected to have racked up English record revenues last season but were also the division’s biggest net spenders a year ago, at £268million.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of spenders

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The product exploded, generating trillions and minting a new class of crypto degenerates who were willing to take massive risks that, occasionally, resulted in millions.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
In all vertebrates, the thymus degenerates very rapidly with age.

— Mallory Locklear, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026

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