Extravagant - English meaning

ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡənt

Extravagant – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
Usage examples:
It was rather extravagant to buy both
Synonims:
SpendthriftProfligateUnthriftyThriftlessImprovidentWastefulFree-spendingProdigalSquanderingLavishImmoderateExcessiveImprudentRecklessIrresponsible

adjective
More expensive than is necessary or reasonable, or having the characteristics of being expensive
Usage examples:
Company executives enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle., top athletes are showered with extravagant gi…

adjective
Spending or costing a lot of money
Usage examples:
Severe cuts in public spending mean that demands for extravagant pay rises are no longer realistic.…

adjective
Spending too much money, or using too much of something
Usage examples:
The extravagant lifestyle of a movie star, it is extravagant to it was very extravagant of you to b…

adjective
Extreme and unreasonable
Usage examples:
The product does not live up to the extravagant claims of the advertisers.

Extravagant translation into English

Extravagant: translate from English into Chinese

靡, 奢华, 奢, 侈, 奢靡, 铺张, 奓, 阔气, 挥霍无度

Extravagant: translate from English into Dutch

Extravagant, Buitensporig, Overdreven, Verkwistend, Buitennissig

Extravagant: translate from English into French

Extravagant, Gaspilleur

Extravagant: translate from English into German

Extravagant, Verschwenderisch, Übertrieben, Aufwendig, Überspannt, Ausgefallen, Aufwändig, Luxuriös, Verstiegen, Teuer, Kostspielig, Verschwendungssüchtig, Nobel, Überhöht

Extravagant: translate from English into Hindi

फ़िजूल ख़र्च, असाधारण, अत्यधिक, ग़ैरमामूली, उच्छृंखल, अपव्ययी, उड़ाऊ

Extravagant: translate from English into Italian

Stravagante, Prodigo

Extravagant: translate from English into Korean

기발한, 낭비하는

Extravagant: translate from English into Russian

Экстравагантный, Сумасбродный, Расточительный, Непомерный, Нелепый, Крайний, Блуждающий

Extravagant: translate from English into Spanish

Extravagante, Derrochador, Exagerado, Excesivo, Exorbitante, Pródigo, Estrafalario, Manirroto, Despilfarrador, Raro, Muy lujoso, De dotes

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘unusual, unsuitable’): from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.

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Extravagant – similar words

extravagances

ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡəns

noun
Lack of restraint in spending money or using resources.
Usage examples:
His reckless extravagance with other people's money

noun
The practice of spending more money than is necessary or reasonable, or something that is expensive and not necessary
Usage examples:
[ c ] in those days, a second car seemed like a needless extravagance.

noun
Behaviour in which you spend more money than you need to
Usage examples:
I think she was shocked by my extravagance.

Extravagances - all meanings in English

extravagance

ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡəns

noun
Lack of restraint in spending money or using resources.
Usage examples:
His reckless extravagance with other people's money

noun
The practice of spending more money than is necessary or reasonable, or something that is expensive and not necessary
Usage examples:
[ c ] in those days, a second car seemed like a needless extravagance.

noun
Behaviour in which you spend more money than you need to
Usage examples:
I think she was shocked by my extravagance.

Extravagance - all meanings in English

Extravagant synonims

excessive

ekˈses.ɪv

adjective
More than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate.
Usage examples:
He was drinking excessive amounts of brandy

Beyond normal limits

adjective
Too much or too many
Usage examples:
Some property owners complained that they were being charged excessive fees., the directive will pr…

Excessive - all meanings in English

immoderate

ɪˈmɒd.ər.ət

adjective
Not sensible or restrained; excessive.
Usage examples:
Immoderate drinking

adjective
Too much or many, or more than is usual or reasonable
Usage examples:
Immoderate drinking, immoderate demands

Immoderate - all meanings in English

improvident

ɪmˈprɒv.ɪ.dənt

adjective
Not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless.
Usage examples:
Improvident and undisciplined behaviour

adjective
Not planning carefully for the future, especially by spending money in a way that is unwise

Improvident - all meanings in English

imprudent

ɪmˈpruː.dənt

adjective
Not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash.
Usage examples:
It would be imprudent to leave her winter coat behind

adjective
Not wise, and likely to have bad results
Usage examples:
Imprudent borrowing/lending, imprudent to do sth they were advised that it would be imprudent to be…

adjective
Unwise, by failing to consider the likely results of your actions
Usage examples:
The report criticizes the banks for being imprudent in their lending.

Imprudent - all meanings in English

irresponsible

ˌɪr.ɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl

adjective
(of a person, attitude, or action) not showing a proper sense of responsibility.
Usage examples:
It would have been irresponsible just to drive on

adjective
Not thinking carefully enough or not caring about what might result from actions taken
Usage examples:
[ + to infinitive ] it would have been irresponsible to let claire drive home when she was so tired.

adjective
Not thinking enough or not worrying about the possible results of what you do
Usage examples:
[ + to infinitive ] it would be irresponsible to ignore these warnings.

Irresponsible - all meanings in English

lavish

ˈlæv.ɪʃ

adjective
Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
Usage examples:
A lavish banquet

verb
Bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.
Usage examples:
The media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film

adjective
Spending, giving, or using more than is necessary or reasonable; more than enough
Usage examples:
The team has the most lavish training facility in the league., they live in a lavishly furnished ap…

Lavish - all meanings in English

prodigal

adjective
Spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
Usage examples:
Prodigal habits die hard

noun
A person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way.
Usage examples:
He hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives

adjective
Tending to spend or use something without thinking of the future
Usage examples:
He was prodigal with his talents.

Prodigal - all meanings in English

profligate

adjective
Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.
Usage examples:
Profligate consumers of energy

noun
A licentious, dissolute person.
Usage examples:
He is a drunkard and a profligate

Profligate - all meanings in English

reckless

adjective
Heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous.
Usage examples:
You mustn't be so reckless

Reckless - all meanings in English

spendthrift

noun
A person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way.
Usage examples:
Putt was a spendthrift and a heavy gambler

noun
A person who wastes money, or spends more than is necessary
Usage examples:
I’m not a spendthrift and i really have to think about my purchases.

noun
Someone who spends too much money without thinking about the results
Usage examples:
The changes in the law seem to punish districts for good financial management while rewarding spend…

Spendthrift - all meanings in English

squandering

verb
Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.
Usage examples:
£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb
Present participle of squander
Usage examples:
They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun., ireland squandered …

Squandering - all meanings in English

thriftless

adjective
(of a person or their behaviour) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way.
Usage examples:
A certain disillusion is perhaps necessary for the practice of conversation: it is the art of the t…

Thriftless - all meanings in English

unthrifty

adjective
Not using money and other resources carefully; wasteful.
Usage examples:
Playing those machines was a worldly unthrifty activity not to be indulged in

adjective
Not using money carefully and not avoiding waste
Usage examples:
The people were described as lazy and unthrifty., thrift is often seen as being a virtue in itself,…

Unthrifty - all meanings in English

wasteful

adjective
(of a person, action, or process) using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
Usage examples:
Wasteful energy consumption

adjective
Being a bad use of something valuable that you have only a limited amount of
Usage examples:
Wasteful spending, a wasteful use of resources

adjective
Not being careful about the amount of resources used for something
Usage examples:
Top business advisers have been brought in to identify areas of wasteful government spending.

Wasteful - all meanings in English

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