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. Chief Justice John Marshall:

   This is too extravagant to be maintained.

2. David Attenborough:

   Don't be extravagant, don't waste, do what you can to cut out unnecessary expenditure, don't eat more than you need, don't travel more than you need, be responsible careful citizens of this planet which is our only home, and for the creatures that live in it.

3. Mary Jo Katras:

   Focusing on the act of giving teaches children that the gift does not have to be extravagant and expensive, the gift can take on many forms : a tangible gift, a gift of time or a gift of service. Just something that honors the person being celebrated.

4. 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.

5. William Shenstone:

   A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.