Definitions from Wiktionary (prodigal)
▸ adjective: Wastefully extravagant.
▸ adjective: (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.
▸ adjective: Profuse, lavishly abundant.
▸ adjective: (by allusion to the New Testament story commonly called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11–32) Behaving as a prodigal son:
▸ adjective: Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal.
▸ adjective: Returning or having returned, especially repentantly, after such an abandonment.
▸ noun: A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.
prodigal son,
prodigal sons,
prodigal daughter,
prodigal daughters,
husks of the prodigal son,
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▸ adjective: Wastefully extravagant.
▸ adjective: (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.
▸ adjective: Profuse, lavishly abundant.
▸ adjective: (by allusion to the New Testament story commonly called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11–32) Behaving as a prodigal son:
▸ adjective: Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal.
▸ adjective: Returning or having returned, especially repentantly, after such an abandonment.
▸ noun: A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.
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profligate,
wasteful,
spendthrift,
overgenerous,
lavish,
extravagant,
munificent,
unsparing,
generous,
unstinting,
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