wastrel

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

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Wastrel — Wast rel, n. 1. Any waste thing or substance; as: (a) Waste land or common land. [Obs.] Carew. (b) A profligate. [Prov. Eng.] (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wastrel — index degenerate, derelict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • wastrel — spendthrift, idler, 1847, from WASTE (Cf. waste) (v.) + pejorative suffix REL (Cf. rel) …   Etymology dictionary

  • wastrel — *spendthrift, profligate, prodigal, waster Analogous words: reprobate, *outcast: loafer, idler, lounger (see corresponding verbs at IDLE): scoundrel, rascal, rogue, scamp (see VILLAIN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • wastrel — ► NOUN literary ▪ a wasteful or worthless person. ORIGIN originally denoting a strip of waste land …   English terms dictionary

  • wastrel — [wās′trəl] n. [dim. of WASTER] 1. a person who wastes; esp., a spendthrift 2. GOOD FOR NOTHING …   English World dictionary

  • wastrel — [[t]we͟ɪstrəl[/t]] wastrels N COUNT If you describe someone as a wastrel you mean that they are lazy and spend their time and money on foolish things. [LITERARY] Her father wouldn t let her marry a wastrel …   English dictionary

  • wastrel — UK [ˈweɪstrəl] / US noun [countable] Word forms wastrel : singular wastrel plural wastrels literary a lazy person who wastes time or money …   English dictionary

  • wastrel — noun One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly. Marys mother if that was her picture may have been a wastrel in her spare time (she had thirteen children by a minister of the church), but if so her gay and dissipated life… …   Wiktionary

  • wastrel — noun Etymology: irregular from 2waste Date: circa 1841 1. vagabond, waif 2. one who expends resources foolishly and self indulgently ; profligate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wastrel — /way streuhl/, n. 1. a wasteful person; spendthrift. 2. Chiefly Brit. a. refuse; waste. b. a waif; abandoned child. c. an idler or good for nothing. [1580 90; WASTE + REL] * * * …   Universalium

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