EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PRODIGAL
Who, think you, does more injustice, a prodigal man or a saving man?
Swine were the natural companions of the prodigal, and the sooner he was with them the better!
Here, too, are the ironies whereof departed life is prodigal.
But for her Paula would not have returned, like the Prodigal son, to the father's house.
I am prodigal enough at times, but I will not part with such a treasure as that.
It is the love of a mother to her prodigal son that makes her pray for him.
The company is not prodigal of foot-warmers, that's certain!
I was received there with all the welcome it was possible for a prodigal son to be.
Mr. Cripps called me his 'prodigal daughter,' and Mrs. Cripps prayed over me.
She read of the prodigal son, and of Him who would not condemn the woman that was a sinner.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PRODIGAL
failures
nounperson who does not succeedflush
adjectiveoverflowing, abundantfreer
adjectivegenerous, unsparingfreest
adjectivegenerous, unsparinggenerous
adjectivegiving, big-hearted- acceptable
- altruistic
- beneficent
- benevolent
- big
- bounteous
- bountiful
- charitable
- considerate
- easy
- equitable
- excellent
- fair
- free
- good
- greathearted
- helpful
- high-minded
- honest
- honorable
- hospitable
- just
- kind
- kindhearted
- kindly
- lavish
- liberal
- lofty
- loose
- magnanimous
- moderate
- munificent
- noble
- open-handed
- philanthropic
- prodigal
- profuse
- reasonable
- soft-touch
- thoughtful
- tolerant
- ungrudging
- unselfish
- unsparing
- unstinting
- willing
improvident
adjectivecareless, spendthriftinefficient
adjectivenot working well; wastefulinessential
adjectiveunnecessary- accidental
- additional
- avoidable
- beside the point
- casual
- causeless
- chance
- dispensable
- excess
- exorbitant
- expendable
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- fortuitous
- futile
- gratuitous
- haphazard
- irrelevant
- lavish
- needless
- noncompulsory
- nonessential
- optional
- prodigal
- profuse
- random
- redundant
- supererogatory
- superfluous
- surplus
- uncalled-for
- uncritical
- undesirable
- unessential
- unneeded
- unrequired
- useless
- wanton
- worthless