Definitions for prodigal

prodigal prod·i·gal

Spelling: [prod-i-guh l]
IPA: /ˈprɒd ɪ gəl/

Prodigal is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 342 anagrams from letters in prodigal (adgilopr).

Definitions for prodigal

noun

  1. a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift.

adjective

  1. wastefully or recklessly extravagant:
  2. giving or yielding profusely; lavish (usually followed by of or with):
  3. lavishly abundant; profuse:

Origin of prodigal

First recorded in 1500-10; back formation from prodigality

Examples for prodigal

Swine were the natural companions of the prodigal, and the sooner he was with them the better!

Who, think you, does more injustice, a prodigal man or a saving man?

The Lacunaby Barbara Kingsolver  Her first novel since prodigal Summer.

But for her Paula would not have returned, like the prodigal son, to the father's house.

Here, too, are the ironies whereof departed life is prodigal.

In going to the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was the prodigal son playing in his homeland.

Her "prodigal son" brother, Mehran (Reza Sixo Safari), a former classical musician, returns home from a stint in drug rehab.

I am prodigal enough at times, but I will not part with such a treasure as that.

No one knows, but on the 4th of July he began bellowing that the prodigal Son would, in fact, return.

Turns out, Nash's "prodigal roommate" Charles isn't real, but rather a personification of Nash's loss of youthful exuberance.

Word Value for prodigal
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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