extravagant
20
7.1
- adjective
- /ɪkˈstrævəɡənt/
:
derrochador
- The actor's extravagant spending on luxury cars and private jets left him nearly broke.
- the most extravagant
- extravagant claims
- extravagant promises
But in the past I've given her really extravagant gifts.
- But in the past I've given her really extravagant gifts.
- I I'm just, you know, you don't you don't get rich being extravagant.
- I have to tell you, this has to be the most extravagant, magnificent estate I have ever stepped foot on.
- And so at the time, as we were doing it, we were thinking right to go big, to go extravagant, we're going to have to hire a layer jet.
Examples
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I have to tell you, this has to be the most extravagant, magnificent estate I have ever stepped foot on.
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You're being extravagant.
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Nothing extravagant, given the times we're living in.
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Now I know it was expensive, and I promise not to do anything extravagant like this again.
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We were losing money every year on big, extravagant productions.
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Each time she allowed him to do so, he rewarded her with an extravagant gift.
Fiction book (1993) -
You live a recklessly extravagant life, so I hear.
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First, it encouraged lending for house purchases at extravagant levels to clients who could not afford them.
Academic text (2008) -
Or it can be an extravagant dinner, a rare bottle of wine, or a trip to Disneyland.
Academic text (2007) -
Dr. and Mrs. Murrow spared no expense; it was the most extravagant affair I had ever attended.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
224
3.6
More than is needed or reasonable
98
4.2
Too high to be fair or reasonable
48
3.0
Using more money or things than you need
22
8.4
Spending money or things freely and carelessly
8
9.6
Spends money or uses resources wastefully and shows little care about right and wrong
1
8.4
Spending money in a careless, wasteful way
Rich, comfortable, and clearly expensive
Not careful with money, spending more than needed
Spending money or using things in a wasteful way
Antonyms
How Wasteful
- Formal
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9.6
20
7.1
48
3.0
415
3.3
23
3.8
31
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
extravagant = extra (semi-transparent) = extra + vag + ant
The prefix 'extra-' ('beyond') gives a clear clue, but the root 'vag' is not a productive English morpheme, so the link to 'excessive' is only partially recoverable for learners.
Etymology
The word extravagant comes from Latin parts extra 'outside' and vagari 'to wander', the same root you see in English words like vague and vagrant. Think of money or resources 'wandering outside' a sensible limit and being used more than needed. That's why extravagant describes wasteful or excessive spending.