extravagant
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- wasteful, lavish, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift
- excessive, outrageous, over the top (slang), preposterous, reckless, unreasonable

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Antonyms: reasonable, restrained
Contrasted words: plausible, sensible, restrained, economical, frugal, sparing
Related Words: unbalanced, unrestrained, absurd, foolish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous, silly, bizarre, crazy, exaggerated, implausible, exuberant, lavish, profuse, prodigal, profligate, wasteful

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ex‧trav‧a‧gant /ɪkˈstrævəɡənt/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: Latin vagans, present participle of vagari 'to wander about']

1. spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is necessary or more than you can afford:
Would it be too extravagant to buy both?
an extravagant lifestyle

2. doing or using something too much or more than is necessary
extravagant with
Don’t be too extravagant with the wine.
an extravagant display of loyalty

3. if someone makes extravagant claims, promises etc, they make big claims or promises that are not true or real:
extravagant claims about the drug’s effectiveness

4. very impressive because of being very expensive, beautiful etc:
extravagant celebrations
—extravagantly adverb
—extravagance noun [uncountable and countable]:
the extravagance of the Royal Palace
His only extravagance (=the only expensive thing he bought) was fine wine.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

extravagant
adj.
VERBS be, feel, seem I go to that restaurant for lunch if I'm feeling extravagant.
become
ADV. terribly, very, wildly He had a wildly extravagant lifestyle.
a bit, a little, rather, somewhat
PREP. with You mustn't be so extravagant with other people's money.

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