| Main Entry: | extravagancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excess |
Synonyms: |
excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagantness, inordinateness, lavishness, overabundance, overindulgence, overplus, overspending, plethora, prodigality, profuseness, profusion, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit, unreasonableness, waste, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | excessiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excess |
Synonyms: |
exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, inordinateness, lavishness, overabundance, overplus, plethora, profusion, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit |
| Main Entry: | extravagantness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excess |
Synonyms: |
excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, inordinateness, lavishness, overabundance, overplus, plethora, profusion, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit |
| Main Entry: | prodigality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wastefulness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | profligacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wastefulness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | superfluousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excess |
Synonyms: |
balance, by-product, embarrassment, enough, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overabundance, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | wastefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extravagance |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, extravagancy, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, waste, wildness |
| Concept: | Prodigality. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
prodigality, prodigence; unthriftiness, waste; profusion, profuseness; extravagance; squandering; malversation., prodigal; spendthrift, waste thrift; losel, squanderer, locust; high roller [U.S.].
-verbs
be prodigal; squander, lavish, sow broadcast; pour forth like water; blow, blow in; pay through the nose (dear); spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable; run out, run through; misspend; throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet; burn the candle at both ends; make ducks and drakes of one's money; fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money; pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; manger son ble en herbe.
-adjectives
prodigal, profuse, thriftless, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, losel, extravagant, lavish, dissipated, overliberal; full-handed (liberal) [more]., penny wise and pound foolish.
-adverbs
with an unsparing hand; money burning a hole in one's pocket.
-phrases
amor nummi [Latin]; facile largiri de alieno; wie gewonnen so zerronnen [German]; les fous font les festins et les sages les mangent [French]; "spendthrift alike of money and of wit" [Cowper]; "squandering wealth was his peculiar art" [Dryden].
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Antonyms: |
parsimony |
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