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Synonyms of extravagant in English:

extravagant


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adjective

1‘he siphoned off money to fund his extravagant lifestyle’

SYNONYMS
spendthrift, profligate, unthrifty, thriftless, improvident, wasteful, free-spending, prodigal, squandering, lavish
immoderate, excessive, imprudent, reckless, irresponsible
ANTONYMS

thrifty

2‘extravagant gifts like computer games’

SYNONYMS
expensive, costly, dear, high-priced, high-cost, big-budget, exorbitant, extortionate, overpriced
immoderate, lavish
valuable, precious, priceless, worth its weight in gold, worth a king's ransom
British over the odds
informal pricey, costing an arm and a leg, costing the earth, costing a bomb, daylight robbery
ANTONYMS

cheap

3‘extravagant prices’

SYNONYMS
exorbitant, extortionate, excessive, high, unreasonable, outrageous, undue, uncalled for, extreme, inordinate, unwarranted, unnecessary, needless, disproportionate, too much
informal sky-high, over the top, OTT, a bit much, fancy-pants
ANTONYMS

reasonable, low

4‘he was touched by the extravagant praise heaped on him’

SYNONYMS
excessive, immoderate, exaggerated, gushing, gushy, unrestrained, unreserved, effusive, fulsome
outrageous, preposterous, absurd, irrational, reckless, wild
informal steep, over the top, OTT
ANTONYMS

moderate

5‘mirror frames which are decorated in an extravagant style’

SYNONYMS
ornate, elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy
over-elaborate, fussy, busy, ostentatious, exaggerated, overstated, showy, baroque, rococo, florid, wedding-cake, gingerbread
informal flash, flashy
ANTONYMS

plain