Prodigal vs Replete - What's the difference?
prodigal | replete | Synonyms |
wastefully extravagant.
(often, followed by of or with) someone yielding profusely, lavish
profuse, lavishly abundant
returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son.
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Abounding.
* 1730 , , "The Pheasant and the Lark":
* 1759 , , Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , ch. 12:
* 1843 , , Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. 44:
* 1916 , , Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers , "Seneca":
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
* 1901 , , "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods :
* 1913 , , The Valley of the Moon , ch. 15:
To restore something that has been depleted.
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Prodigal is a synonym of replete.
As adjectives the difference between prodigal and replete
is that prodigal is wastefully extravagant while replete is abounding.As nouns the difference between prodigal and replete
is that prodigal is a prodigal person, a spendthrift while replete is a honeypot ant.As a verb replete is
to restore something that has been depleted.prodigal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.
- He is a prodigal son.
- She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.
- How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?
Synonyms
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* (a prodigal person) frugalDerived terms
* prodigal sonSynonyms
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
- His subjects with delight obey:
- His tail was beauteous to behold,
- Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
- In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .
