HIGH ROLLER Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

high roller

noun

Definition of high roller

as in spendthrift

someone who spends money freely or foolishly in the carefree environment of a vacation, even a person of modest means has the urge to play the high roller

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Recent Examples of high roller That high roller has been banned from the property, where rooms can start at 1,500 CHF (about $1,800 USD) a night in the summer. — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026 The kind of one-on-one coaching high rollers get at physical tables, in his telling, becomes available to anyone on the site. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 There’s no special plaque or a wing at the museum for these high rollers of rock — just bragging rights of influence and popularity. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 May 2026 The effort was seeded by a paltry $4 million left over from Biden’ inauguration celebration stash, and library donations from Democrat high rollers who contributed to him in the past, are not coming in. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for high roller

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Noun

To be a valid spendthrift trust in Illinois, three factors must be met.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The split screen of Bezos and his spendthrift wife, Lauren Sánchez, frolicking everywhere — including Paris Fashion Week — while the tech mogul defiles the crown jewel nurtured by Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham is sickening.

— Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2026

Definition of spendthrift

Noun

Only his father’s respectability, and perhaps his odd Motown accent, spared him from getting cussed out by bridesmaids at society weddings as a wastrel and drunkard, a shameless woman-wrapper.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Foster died destitute in 1864, after falling and injuring himself in the bathroom of a hotel on the Bowery, becoming perhaps the first of many famous wastrels in American popular music.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of wastrel

Noun

The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.

— Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.

— Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of waster

Noun

Saudi Arabia spent $83 billion on defense last year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, putting it firmly among the top ten military spenders worldwide.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
And this age group were the highest spenders in almost every segment, spending more than twice as much as their peers not only on fine art but also on most collectibles.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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