spendthrift
/ˈspɛn(d)θrɪft
/noun
A person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way: Putt was a spendthrift and a heavy gambler [as modifier]: a spendthrift uncle...
- Working for a multinational and being the spendthrift that he is, he doesn't have the money to buy a laptop for himself, at least not a brand new laptop.
- Don't go down in history as a spendthrift, who threw away the country's wealth and squandered the opportunity to truly develop our nation.
- If you are a spendthrift before retiring you will be a spendthrift during retirement.
Synonyms
profligate, prodigal, squanderer, waster
informal big spender
archaic wastrel
profligate, improvident, thriftless, wasteful, extravagant, free-spending, prodigal, squandering;
irresponsible