| English noun: extravagance | |||
| 1. | extravagance (attribute) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | ||
| Samples | We were surprised by the extravagance of his description. | ||
| Synonyms | extravagancy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excess, excessiveness, inordinateness | ||
| 2. | extravagance (attribute) the trait of spending extravagantly | ||
| Synonyms | prodigality, profligacy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | improvidence, shortsightedness | ||
| 3. | extravagance (act) excessive spending | ||
| Synonyms | high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dissipation, waste, wastefulness | ||