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SQUANDERER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squanderer mean?
• SQUANDERER (noun)
The noun SQUANDERER has 1 sense:
1. a recklessly extravagant consumer
Familiarity information: SQUANDERER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A recklessly extravagant consumer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
prodigal; profligate; squanderer
Hypernyms ("squanderer" is a kind of...):
consumer (a person who uses goods or services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squanderer"):
scattergood; spend-all; spender; spendthrift (someone who spends money prodigally)
waster; wastrel (someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently)
Derivation:
squander (spend extravagantly)
squander (spend thoughtlessly; throw away)
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