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

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1. extravagant

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

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

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1. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweeningadjective

   unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

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

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

   Antonyms:
   thrifty, restrained

2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthriftadjective

   recklessly wasteful

   "prodigal in their expenditures"

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

   Antonyms:
   thrifty, restrained

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1. expensive taste

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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1. extravagantadjective

   Synonyms:
   excessive, inordinate, exorbitant, unreasonable, preposterous

2. extravagantadjective

   Synonyms:
   irregular, wild, foolish, absurd

3. extravagantadjective

   Synonyms:
   wasteful, lavish, profuse, prodigal, too liberal, too bountiful

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1. extravagantadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   thrifty

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1. List of paraphrases for "extravagant":

   outlandish, flamboyant, fanciful, luxurious, wasteful, bizarre, excessive

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1. 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.

2. William Shenstone:

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

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. Evelyn Waugh:

   His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.

5. Erin McCullough:

   In general, if there’s going to be an extravagant trait that’s used for fighting for mates, usually, it’s the males that have the extravagant trait, but biology is fun because there’s always exceptions — female reindeer have antlers, if they are arguing that these are male weapons that are used to gain access to females, it would have been a stronger story to me if they had evidence that the females don’t have weapons.