Synonyms for Prodigal (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (a recklessly extravagant consumer):
profligate, squanderer
WordNet sense 2 (recklessly wasteful):
extravagant, spendthrift
WordNet sense 3 (tending to squander and waste):
wasteful
WordNet sense 4 (very generous):
lavish, munificent, overgenerous, unsparing, unstinting, too-generous, unstinted
WordNet sense 5 (willing to give and share unstintingly):
generous
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