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The meaning of PRODIGAL is characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish. How to use prodigal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Prodigal.
noun [ C ] / ˈprɒd.ɪ.ɡ ə l / / ˈprɑː.dɪ.ɡ ə l /. someone who spends or uses large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise: The prodigals among them will always be more numerous than the misers.
a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home. See prodigal in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: prodigal. Definition of prodigal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
3 meanings: 1. recklessly wasteful or extravagant, as in disposing of goods or money 2. lavish in giving or yielding 3. a.... Click for more definitions.
noun. a person who is wasteful of their money, possessions, etc.; spendthrift: In later years, he was a prodigal of his fortune. Synonyms: wastrel, waster. prodigal. / ˈprɒdɪɡəl / adjective. recklessly wasteful or extravagant, as in disposing of goods or money. lavish in giving or yielding. prodigal of compliments. noun.
Use the adjective prodigal to describe someone who spends too much money, or something very wasteful. Your prodigal spending on fancy coffee drinks might leave you with no money to buy lunch. Prodigal usually applies to the spending of money. In the Bible, the Prodigal Son leaves home and wastes all his money.
Definitions of 'prodigal' 1. You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person.
