prodigal C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈprɑdɪɡəl/ UK /ˈprɒdɪɡl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj recklessly wasteful or extravagant with resources His prodigal spending soon exhausted the inheritance. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · recklessly wasteful or... wastefulextravagantprofligatespendthriftimprovidentlavishsquandering ↔ Opposites frugalthriftyeconomicalparsimonious Word family Derived forms prodigallyprodigality Related forms prodigality Etymology AI details From Latin prodigus ('wasteful, lavish'), from prodigere ('to drive forth, squander'), from prod- (variant of pro- 'forth') + agere ('to drive'). prodigus Latin prodigere Latin agere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # prodigal **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈprɑdɪɡəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈprɒdɪɡl/ ## Meanings 1. recklessly wasteful or extravagant with resources ## Examples - His prodigal spending soon exhausted the inheritance. ## Synonyms - wasteful - extravagant - profligate - spendthrift - improvident - lavish - squandering ## Antonyms - frugal - thrifty - economical - parsimonious ## Derived Forms - prodigally - prodigality ## Related Forms - prodigality ## Roots and Affixes - Root: prodigus - Root: prodigere - Root: agere ## Etymology From Latin prodigus ('wasteful, lavish'), from prodigere ('to drive forth, squander'), from prod- (variant of pro- 'forth') + agere ('to drive'). ## AI Etymology Prodigal is from Latin prodigus ('wasteful, lavish'), from prodigere ('to drive forth, squander'), from prod- (variant of pro- 'forth') + agere ('to drive'). Important recorded forms include prodigus (Latin), prodigere (Latin), and agere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers recklessly wasteful or extravagant with resources. The wider family includes derived forms such as prodigally and prodigality and related words such as prodigality. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown