Profligate and Stingy

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Profligate adjective - Given to spending money freely or foolishly.

Usage example: profligate movie producers hoping to create the next blockbuster

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Stingy is an antonym for profligate.

Nearby Word: profligacy

Stingy adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.

Usage example: until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy, heartless miser

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Profligate is an antonym for stingy.

Nearby Words: sting, stint, stinging, stinginess, stingily

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