different between unrestrained vs prodigal

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?nd

Adjective

unrestrained (comparative more unrestrained, superlative most unrestrained)

1. immoderate; not restrained or held in check

   The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.

2. spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained

   Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.

3. Not subject to physical restraint.
   • 2009, Russell Colling, Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security (page 346)

     Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.

Antonyms

• restrained

Derived terms

• unrestrainedly
• unrestrainedness

Related terms

• restrain
• restrained

Translations

Verb

unrestrained

1. simple past tense and past participle of unrestrain

See also

• rampant
• unbridled

English

Etymology

From Middle French prodigal, from Late Latin pr?dig?lis (“wasteful”), from Latin pr?digus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from pr?dig? (“to consume, squander, drive forth”), from pr?d- [from pr? (“before, forward”)] + ag? (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??d???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??d???l/, [?p????????]

Adjective

prodigal (comparative more prodigal, superlative most prodigal)

1. Wastefully extravagant.

   He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.

   He is a prodigal son.

2. (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.

   She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.

   How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?

3. Profuse, lavishly abundant.
4. (by allusion to the Biblical parable of the prodigal son) returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; behaving as a prodigal son.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:prodigal

Antonyms

• (a prodigal person): frugal
• exigent

Derived terms

• prodigal son

Translations

Noun

prodigal (plural prodigals)

1. A prodigal person, a spendthrift.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:spendthrift

Translations

Further reading

• prodigal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prodigal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• prodigal at OneLook Dictionary Search