wastrel

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wastrel
n. person who wastes; bum; waste; abandoned child, foundling


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wastrel
Noun
1. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
(synonym) waster
(hypernym) prodigal, profligate, squanderer



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Wastrel
(n.)
Waste land or common land.
  
 
(n.)
Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.
  
 
(n.)
Any waste thing or substance
  
 
(n.)
A profligate.
  
 
(n.)
A neglected child; a street Arab.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

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wastrel
Synonyms and related words:
Arab, Bowery bum, bad lot, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, big-time spender, black sheep, blackguard, blighter, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, castaway, castoff, derelict, devil, discard, dissipater, dogie, drifter, drunkard, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, foundling, gamin, gamine, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck, idler, jetsam, junk, knave, lagan, landloper, lazzarone, lecher, libertine, loafer, losel, lounger, lowlife, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mucker, mudlark, no-good, orphan, pauvre diable, piker, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, prodigal, prodigal son, profligate, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rake, rapscallion, rascal, refuse, reject, rip, rogue, roue, rounder, rubbish, sad case, sad sack, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, ski bum, skid-row bum, spend-all, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, trash, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, waif, waifs and strays, waster, wastethrift, worthless fellow, wretch
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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