| Main Entry: | extravagant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent, wasteful |
Synonyms: |
absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, overpriced, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained |
Antonyms: |
close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | baroque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decorative, especially architecture |
Synonyms: |
bizarre, convoluted, elaborate, embellished, extravagant, flamboyant, florid, gilt, grotesque, ornamented, ornate, overdecorated, rich, rococo |
Antonyms: |
plain, unadorned, undecorated |
| Main Entry: | costly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expensive |
Synonyms: |
an arm and leg, cher, dear, excessive, executive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, high, high-priced, highly priced, inordinate, precious, premium, pricey, steep, stiff*, top, valuable |
Antonyms: |
cheap, inexpensive, reasonable |
| Main Entry: | drastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe, extreme |
Synonyms: |
desperate, dire, exorbitant, extravagant, forceful, harsh, immoderate, radical, strong |
Antonyms: |
calm, collected, easy, mild |
| Main Entry: | effusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gushing, profuse |
Synonyms: |
all jaw, big mouthed, demonstrative, ebullient, enthusiastic, expansive, extravagant, exuberant, free-flowing, fulsome, gabby, gushy, lavish, outpouring, overflowing, prolix, talkative, unconstrained, unreserved, unrestrained, verbose, windbag, windy, wordy |
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intricate; involved |
Synonyms: |
busy, careful, complex, complicated, decorated, detailed, elegant, embellished, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, garnished, high tech, highly wrought, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, many-faceted, minute, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, perfected, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, refined, showy, skillful, sophisticated, studied, thorough, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles |
Antonyms: |
general, normal, plain, regular, simple, uncomplicated, unelaborate, uninvolved, usual |
| Main Entry: | exaggerated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overstated, embellished |
Synonyms: |
a bit thick, abstract, amplified, artificial, bouncing, caricatural, distorted, embroidered, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabricated, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, hammy, highly colored, histrionic, hyperbolic, impossible, inflated, magnified, melodramatic, out of proportion, overblown, overdone, overestimated, overkill, overwrought, preposterous, pretentious, schmaltzy, sensational, spectacular, steep, strained, stylized, tall, too much*, too-too, unrealistic |
Antonyms: |
depreciated, minimized, played down, reduced, understated, unembellished, unexaggerated |
| Main Entry: | excessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too much; overdone |
Synonyms: |
boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, dizzying, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, overboard, overkill, overmuch, plethoric, prodigal, profligate, recrementitious, redundant, self-indulgent, sky-high, steep, stiff, stratospheric, super, superabundant, superfluous, supernatural, too many, towering, unbounded, unconscionable, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, way out |
Antonyms: |
insufficient, moderate, reasonable, underdone |
| Main Entry: | expensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high-priced |
Synonyms: |
an arm and a leg, at a premium, big-ticket, costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, high, highway robbery, holdup, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, out of sight, overpriced, plush, posh, pretty penny, pricey, rich, ritzy, sky-high, steep*, stiff*, swank, too high, uneconomical, unreasonable, upscale, valuable |
Antonyms: |
cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, moderate, reasonable |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond reason and convention |
Synonyms: |
absolute, desperate, dire, downright, drastic, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, extravagant, fabulous, fanatical, flagrant, gross, harsh, immoderate, improper, imprudent, inordinate, intemperate, irrational, nonsensical, out of proportion, out-and-out, outrageous, overkill, preposterous, rabid, radical, remarkable, rigid, severe, sheer, stern, strict, thorough, unbending, uncommon, uncompromising, unconventional, unreasonable, unseemly, unusual, utter, zealous |
Antonyms: |
mild, moderate |