EXTRAVAGANCE

extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life

(noun) excessive spending

extravagance, prodigality, profligacy

(noun) the trait of spending extravagantly

extravagance, extravagancy

(noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; “we were surprised by the extravagance of his description”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

extravagance (countable and uncountable, plural extravagances)

Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.

Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.

Synonyms

• lavishness

• profusion

• wildness

• irregularity

• excess

• prodigality

• profusion

• waste

• unreasonableness

• recklessness

Antonyms

• frugality

• economize

• moderation

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*trav"a*gance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. extravagance. See Extravagant, and cf. Extravaganza.]

1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.

2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands. Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry vengeance on me for their extravagance. Dryden. The income of three dukes was enough to supply her extravagance. Arbuthnot.

Syn.

– Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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