extravagant

adjective

ex·trav·a·gant ik-ˈstra-vi-gənt

Synonyms of extravagant next

: exceeding the limits of reason or necessity

extravagant claims

: lacking in moderation, balance, and restraint

extravagant praise

: extremely or excessively elaborate

an extravagant display

: extremely or unreasonably high in price

an extravagant purchase

: spending much more than necessary

has always been extravagant with her money

: profuse, lavish

archaic : wandering

obsolete : strange, curious

extravagantly adverb

Choose the Right Synonym for extravagant

excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme mean going beyond a normal limit.

excessive implies an amount or degree too great to be reasonable or acceptable.

excessive punishment

immoderate implies lack of desirable or necessary restraint.

immoderate spending

inordinate implies an exceeding of the limits dictated by reason or good judgment.

inordinate pride

extravagant implies an indifference to restraints imposed by truth, prudence, or good taste.

extravagant claims for the product

exorbitant implies a departure from accepted standards regarding amount or degree.

exorbitant prices

extreme may imply an approach to the farthest limit possible or conceivable but commonly means only to a notably high degree.

extreme shyness

Example Sentences

The company has been making extravagant claims about the drug's effectiveness. The film is notable for its extravagant settings and special effects. We're going on a less extravagant vacation this year. Her extravagant spending has to stop.

Recent Examples on the Web His coffee table book, with photography by Douglas Friedman, revisits over 30 years of Fulk’s vivid, extravagant, and even bacchanalian worlds, from a Napa Valley farmhouse to a Manhattan clubhouse. —

Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2023 Avatar: The Way of Water is both more extravagant and dorkier than Avatar, which was pretty dorky to begin with. —

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 Dec. 2022 The 2024 Cadillac Celestiq is the most extravagant and expensive model the brand has ever built. —

Cadillac, Car and Driver, 18 Oct. 2022 The Burger Showdown challenges area cooks to create the most over-the-top, extravagant and downright delectable burgers in smaller, slider-sized format. —

Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Sep. 2022 Her aesthetic is deliberately extravagant and rowdy. —

Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The red carpet outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art has officially rolled out for the Met Gala and the biggest stars and influencers have started to arrive in their most extravagant and glamorous fashions. —

Leah Campano, Seventeen, 3 May 2022 Although most of the movie doesn't take place on New Year's, there is an extravagant New Year's Eve party that will dreamily transport you to London in the 1950s. —

Leah Hall, Country Living, 27 Dec. 2022 During yet another extravagant holiday party from the Kardashian crew and some of their closest pals, Kourtney Kardashian Barker's home in Calabasas was revamped to reel in the season. —

Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2022 See More

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'extravagant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin extravagant-, extravagans, from Latin extra- + vagant-, vagans, present participle of vagari to wander about, from vagus wandering

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b

Time Traveler

The first known use of extravagant was in the 15th century

See more words from the same century