as in generosity
the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money
the lottery winner's friends were struck by the lavishness of his new lifestyle
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Recent Examples of lavishness
There’s an understated lavishness; no celebrity interior designers have been let loose and rooms have a lustrous palette of pinks, yellows and blues.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026
Of course, Carly’s kitsch far outdid her neighbors’ in its oddness, luridness, lavishness.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Once a humble hunting lodge, the opulent Palace of Versailles is now a magnificent testament to the lavishness of royalty—and a symbol of the inequality that later incited the French Revolution.
—Geof Wheelwright, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
Despite the buildings’ lavishness, the plastics meeting is in a downstairs space that’s less Dubai bling than basic corporate nice.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Then again, a sense of glamour and lavishness—two pillars of Old Hollywood, when the big film studios had big money to burn—still goes hand-in-hand with awards season dressing today, too.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026
Of course, Carly’s kitsch far outdid her neighbors’ in its oddness, luridness, lavishness.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Once a humble hunting lodge, the opulent Palace of Versailles is now a magnificent testament to the lavishness of royalty—and a symbol of the inequality that later incited the French Revolution.
—Geof Wheelwright, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
Despite the buildings’ lavishness, the plastics meeting is in a downstairs space that’s less Dubai bling than basic corporate nice.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Then again, a sense of glamour and lavishness—two pillars of Old Hollywood, when the big film studios had big money to burn—still goes hand-in-hand with awards season dressing today, too.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lavishness
Noun
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So, investing in the well-being of women leaders isn't an act of generosity.—
Nakisha Dixon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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This isn’t out of generosity or a desire to protect the game’s well-being.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Ambassadors Clubhouse, with its extravagance and its storytelling, seems to be where the ambition lives.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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But where the décor favors restraint, the food chooses extravagance.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Sure enough, Spurs’ wastefulness was punished.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Gabriel also acknowledged lawmakers’ responsibility to oversee state spending seriously as well, and would be scrutinizing government programs for wastefulness.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Coreopsis yields a profusion of yellow blooms.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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Those hiccups, and a profusion of other stock alternatives, have spawned talk that the 60/40 rule is dead.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lavishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lavishness. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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