Entry Word: extravagance

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money <Hollywood stars are famous for the extravagance of their parties>

Synonyms lavishness, prodigality, wastefulness

Related Words bountifulness, generosity, liberality; improvidence, squandering; indulgence, overindulgence, self-indulgence; excess, immoderacy, overkill

Near Antonyms austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance

Antonyms economy, frugality

2 an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint <the purchase of a fur coat was simply the latest of his wifeʼs extravagances> — see waste 1