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

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. extravagant

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

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweeningadjective

    unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

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

    Antonyms:
    thrifty, restrained

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

  2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthriftadjective

    recklessly wasteful

    "prodigal in their expenditures"

    Antonyms:
    thrifty, restrained

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

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  1. extravagantadjective

    Antonyms:
    thrifty

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

How to use extravagant in a sentence?

  1. William Shenstone:

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

  2. 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.

  3. Colin Kelly:

    For the Trump it was quite easy, because American burgers are an American staple and Mr. Trump himself is very extravagant, so thats why we went with double beef, double bacon, double cheese, fried pickles, and then we added the chicken floss, which represents his hair, which is one of Mr. Trumps most noticeable features.

  4. Lucius Beebe:

    New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed.

  5. Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation):

    Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.

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#8052rational
#13409economical
#19532sober
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#26149restrained
#27339frugal
#34015extravagant

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