Synonyms for lavishness
Most common
extravagance high life highlife prodigality luxury sumptuousness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Extravagance
2. Luxury
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or characteristic of being lavish.
No one could question the lavishness of his parties; good taste was a different matter.
Forms
- Plural
- lavishnesses → extravagances, highlifes, prodigalities, luxuries…
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Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- extravagance His extravagance is out of proportion to his wage.
- luxury Luxury and convenience do not equate to happiness.
- exuberance What exuberance in gesture and tone!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lavishness | steady | |
| extravagance | steady | |
| highlife | rising | |
| prodigality | steady | |
| luxury | rising | |
| sumptuousness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- luxury3
- 8 letters
- highlife
- 9 letters
- profusion3
- 10 letters
- exuberance4
- 11 letters
- prodigality, sumptuosity
- 12 letters
- extravagance4
- 13 letters
- sumptuousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (luxury3 = 3 syllables).