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exorbitant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of exorbitant

going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount

the cost of our stay was so exorbitant you would have thought that we had bought the hotel and not just spent a few nights there

Synonyms of exorbitant

baroque, devilish, excessive, extravagant, extreme, fancy, immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful

Words Related to exorbitant

boundless, endless, immeasurable, infinite, limitless

unbearable, unjustifiable, unwarranted

improper, inappropriate, thick, unseemly

Phrases Synonymous with exorbitant

a bit much, over the top

Near Antonyms of exorbitant

deficient, inadequate, insufficient

minimal, minimum

Antonyms of exorbitant

middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate

Synonym Discussion of exorbitant

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

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