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extravagance
extravagance
noun
Definition of EXTRAVAGANCE
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>
Related Words conspicuous consumption, splurge; bountifulness, generosity, liberality; improvidence, squandering; indulgence, overindulgence, self-indulgence; excess, immoderacy, overkill
2
an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint <the purchase of a fur coat was simply the latest of his wife's extravagances>
Synonyms extravagance, prodigality
Related Words indulgence, luxury, splurge; loss, wastage; dissipation, profligacy, profusion, squandering, wastefulness; overindulgence, self-indulgence; excess, immoderacy, overkill
Near Antonyms necessity; belt-tightening, conservation, economizing, economy, frugality, parsimony, penny-pinching, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrift; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance, temperateness
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