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prodigal |
Grep of noun prodigal prodigal prodigality Overview of noun prodigal The noun prodigal has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. prodigal, profligate, squanderer -- (a recklessly extravagant consumer) Overview of adj prodigal The adj prodigal has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) lavish, munificent, overgenerous, prodigal, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting -- (very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain") 2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift -- (recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures") 3. prodigal -- (marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life") Antonyms of adj prodigal 3 senses of prodigal Sense 1 lavish, munificent, overgenerous, prodigal, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting INDIRECT (VIA generous) -> stingy, ungenerous Sense 2 extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift INDIRECT (VIA wasteful) -> thrifty Sense 3 prodigal INDIRECT (VIA improvident) -> provident Similarity of adj prodigal 3 senses of prodigal Sense 1 lavish, munificent, overgenerous, prodigal, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting => generous (vs. stingy) Sense 2 extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift => wasteful (vs. thrifty) Sense 3 prodigal => improvident (vs. provident) Attributes of adj prodigal Familiarity of adj prodigal prodigal used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj prodigal prodigal Overview of noun prodigal The noun prodigal has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. prodigal, profligate, squanderer -- (a recklessly extravagant consumer) Overview of adj prodigal The adj prodigal has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) lavish, munificent, overgenerous, prodigal, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting -- (very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain") 2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift -- (recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures") 3. prodigal -- (marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life")
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