Definitions for: Wastrel

[n] someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks,
china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Synonyms: waster

See Also: prodigal, profligate, squanderer