extravagant
/ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/
extravagant adjective: exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
Adjective
extravagant (comparative more extravagant, superlative most extravagant)
- Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
- The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
- extravagant acts, praise, or abuse
- There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.1711 September 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SUNDAY, September 3, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 160; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a...
- Synonyms:
- immoderate, lavish, unrestrained, devilish, excessive, horrendous, de trop, extreme, intemperate, nimious
- Exorbitant
- According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal...2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55
- Synonyms:
- extortionate, inordinate, disproportionate, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable, extortious, penal, sky-high, usurious
- Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
- an extravagant man
- extravagant expense
- Synonyms:
- profligate, squandering, improvident, imprudent, lavish, loose-handed, prodigal, reckless, spendthrift, uneconomical
extravagant meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
extravagant in Tamil
- ஊதாரித்தனமான, கழி மிகையான, மீச்செலவான, வரம்பிகந்த, வரம்பு கடந்த, கழிமிகையான
extravagant in Urdu
- اندھادھند, فضول, فضول خرچ, مسدود
extravagant in Bengali
- extravagant, prodigal, uneconomic in expenditure
- অকৃপণ okripon
extravagant in Malayalam
- അതിവ്യയപരമായ, അതിരുകവിഞ്ഞ, അമിതമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- extravagant in Kannada
- ದುಂದುವೆಚ್ಚದ, ವ್ಯರ್ಥವ್ಯಯದ, ಮಿತಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ, ಹದ್ದುಮೀರಿದ
- extravagant in Tagalog
- bulagsak
- extravagant in Arabic
- مُسْرِف musrif
- extravagant in Indonesian
- melewah, mentereng
- extravagant in Thai
- ฟุ่มเฟือย fûm-fʉai, สุรุ่ยสุร่าย sù-rûi-sù-râai
Examples of extravagant in a sentence
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- some of the Quakers were extravagant and foolish1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to...
Synonyms of extravagant
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- extreme
- intemperate
- obscene
- overmuch
- overweening
- over the top
- prodigal
- undue
- unmeasured
- unreasonable
- wanton
- extortionate
- inordinate
- disproportionate
- exorbiant
- exorbitant
- penal
- sky-high
- usurious
- profligate
- squandering
- improvident
- imprudent
- loose-handed
- reckless
- spendthrift
- uneconomical
- unthrifty
- wasteful
- nimious
Forms of extravagant
| comparative | more extravagant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most extravagant |
Origin of extravagant
Inherited from Middle English extravagaunt, from Middle French extravagant and its etymon Medieval Latin extravagans, present participle of extravagor (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagor (“to wander, stray”).
Words formed from extravagant
Questions about extravagant
- What does extravagant mean?
- Extravagant means exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
- What is extravagant in Tamil?
- Extravagant in Tamil is ஊதாரித்தனமான, கழி மிகையான, மீச்செலவான. See Extravagant meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use extravagant in a sentence?
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece.
- What part of speech is extravagant?
- Extravagant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce extravagant?
- Extravagant is pronounced /ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/.
Words near extravagant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: extravagant (page history and authors); extravagant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extravagant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অকৃপণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); extravagant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extravagant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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