Synonyms for usurious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Extortionate — exorbitant
extortionate, exorbitant, unconscionable, outrageous, penal, immoderate, extravagant, inordinate, steep, unreasonable, disproportionate
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Exorbitant.
Related words
- Word family
- usuriously usurer usuress
- Other spellings
- usurous
Example sentences
- penal Australia was started as a British penal colony.
- exorbitant Originally, the salesman named an exorbitant price.
- unconscionable Your views aren't unfashionable so much as unconscionable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| usurious | falling | |
| penal | falling | |
| exorbitant | falling | |
| unconscionable | steady | |
| extortionate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- steep1, penal2
- 7 letters
- usurial
- 10 letters
- outrageous3, exorbitant4, inordinate4, immoderate
- 11 letters
- extravagant4
- 12 letters
- unreasonable4, extortionate4
- 14 letters
- unconscionable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (penal2 = 2 syllables).