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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 consumerplay

  Familiarity information: SQUANDERER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SQUANDERER (noun)


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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