Profligate and Skinflint

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Profligate noun - Someone who spends money freely or foolishly.

Usage example: a profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt

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Skinflint is an antonym for profligate.

Nearby Word: profligacy

Skinflint noun - A mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money.

Usage example: the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keeps the team from acquiring any real talent

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Profligate is an antonym for skinflint.

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Skinflint and Profligate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/profligate/skinflint

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