profligate C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈprɑflɪɡət/ UK /ˈprɒflɪɡət/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj recklessly wasteful or extravagant; a person of such habits The profligate heir squandered the entire inheritance in a year. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · recklessly wasteful or... wastefulextravagantprodigaldissolutespendthriftdebauchedlicentious ↔ Opposites frugalthriftyvirtuousprudenttemperate Word family Derived forms profligatelyprofligacy Related forms profligacy Etymology AI details From Latin profligatus ('dissolute, abandoned, ruined'), past participle of profligare ('to strike down, ruin'), from pro- ('forth, down') + fligere ('to strike'). profligare Latin fligere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # profligate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈprɑflɪɡət/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈprɒflɪɡət/ ## Meanings 1. recklessly wasteful or extravagant; a person of such habits ## Examples - The profligate heir squandered the entire inheritance in a year. ## Synonyms - wasteful - extravagant - prodigal - dissolute - spendthrift - debauched - licentious ## Antonyms - frugal - thrifty - virtuous - prudent - temperate ## Derived Forms - profligately - profligacy ## Related Forms - profligacy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: profligare - Root: fligere ## Etymology From Latin profligatus ('dissolute, abandoned, ruined'), past participle of profligare ('to strike down, ruin'), from pro- ('forth, down') + fligere ('to strike'). ## AI Etymology Profligate is from Latin profligatus ('dissolute, abandoned, ruined'), past participle of profligare ('to strike down, ruin'), from pro- ('forth, down') + fligere ('to strike'). Important recorded forms include profligare (Latin) and fligere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers recklessly wasteful or extravagant; a person of such habits. The wider family includes derived forms such as profligately and profligacy and related words such as profligacy. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown