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extravagant

/ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/adjective4 syllables

Extravagant means: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings.

Synonyms for extravagant23

adjective, as in unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

excessive, exuberant, overweening, unrestrained

adjective, as in recklessly wasteful

prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, wasteful

also used for extravagant

rangy, vagrant, wandering, immoderate, lavish, devilish, horrendous, de trop, extreme, extortionate, inordinate, disproportionate, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable

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What does extravagant mean?2

adjective

1

unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings“extravagant praise”

2

recklessly wasteful“prodigal in their expenditures”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Extravagant in a sentence

  • With her extravagant tastes, she was incapable of making ends meet.CM
  • This diamond ring is too extravagant for me.CM
  • Sami wasn't ready to part ways with his extravagant lifestyle.OsoHombre
  • I needed an extravagant name like a gentleman.magnificentgoddess
  • Yanni's teaching salary is not enough to fund his extravagant lifestyle.Amastan
  • I know that this is a little extravagant.CK
  • After his wedding, Alain left his small, moldy apartment and led an extravagant life.Scott
  • She considered him extravagant with electricity.unknown

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