Synonyms for prodigality
Most common
extravagance profusion profligacy waste lavishness high life
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Extravagance
extravagance, profusion, profligacy, waste, excess, recklessness, squandering, wastefulness, dissipation
2. Lavishness
Other
prodigence dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Wasteful extravagance.
- n. 2
Lavish generosity.
Related words
- Word family
- prodigal
Forms
- Plural
- prodigalities → extravagances, profusions, profligacies, wastes…
Choose the right word
Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- excess The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.
- extravagance His extravagance is out of proportion to his wage.
- profusion A profusion of dandelions had coloured the meadow yellow.
- profligacy These clubs have never been known for profligacy.
- lavishness The lavishness of the party amazed everybody.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prodigality | steady | |
| excess | falling | |
| extravagance | steady | |
| profusion | steady | |
| profligacy | rising | |
| highlife | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- waste1
- 6 letters
- excess2
- 8 letters
- highlife
- 9 letters
- profusion3
- 10 letters
- profligacy4, lavishness, prodigence
- 11 letters
- dissipation4, squandering3
- 12 letters
- extravagance4, recklessness3, wastefulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excess2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prodigalité
- Italiano
- prodigalità