Synonyms for extravagant
ɪkˈstræv ə gəntex·trav·a·gant

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1. extravagant

   Synonyms:
   wild, monstrous, preposterous, absurd, prodigal, wasteful, reckless, excessive, lavish, profuse, abnormal

   Antonyms:
   sound, sober, consistent, rational, fair, economical, frugal, careful, regular, usual

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1. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweeningadjective

   unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

   "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

   Synonyms:
   luxuriant, profuse, lush, overweening, inordinate, riotous, uppity, excessive, high-spirited, unreasonable, ebullient, undue, exuberant, spendthrift, profligate, prodigal

   Antonyms:
   thrifty, restrained

2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthriftadjective

   recklessly wasteful

   "prodigal in their expenditures"

   Synonyms:
   profligate, excessive, debauched, prodigal, libertine, degraded, riotous, dissolute, fast, dissipated, spendthrift, overweening, exuberant, degenerate

   Antonyms:
   thrifty, restrained

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1. expensive taste

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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1. extravagantadjective

   Synonyms:
   excessive, inordinate, exorbitant, unreasonable, preposterous

2. extravagantadjective

   Synonyms:
   irregular, wild, foolish, absurd

3. extravagantadjective

   Synonyms:
   wasteful, lavish, profuse, prodigal, too liberal, too bountiful

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1. extravagantadjective

   Synonyms:
   wasteful, unthrifty, prodigal, improvident, lavish, wild, immoderate, preposterous, inordinate, exorbitant

   Antonyms:
   thrifty

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1. List of paraphrases for "extravagant":

   outlandish, flamboyant, fanciful, luxurious, wasteful, bizarre, excessive

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1. Joe Bagley:

   The items are significant because we rarely see them, archaeologically, also, Puritan Boston is often seen as an extremely conservative, reserved, and religious location in the 17th century, which it was, but in wealthier houses, the residents had access to luxury goods, purchased them, and enjoyed their more extravagant lifestyle in the privacy of their own home.

2. Lee Seung-yeop:

   Golf has become very popular among the public, while at the same time it has an elitist, extravagant image and is very expensive, we feel it is right that we develop golf as a public sport, ease some of the consumers' burden, expand the sport's base and heighten the golf industry's international competitiveness.

3. Erin McCullough:

   In general, if there’s going to be an extravagant trait that’s used for fighting for mates, usually, it’s the males that have the extravagant trait, but biology is fun because there’s always exceptions — female reindeer have antlers, if they are arguing that these are male weapons that are used to gain access to females, it would have been a stronger story to me if they had evidence that the females don’t have weapons.

4. Evelyn Waugh:

   His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.

5. Daniel Wade:

   It is extravagant. It is absurd, it is absolutely Elvis.