extravagance
Beyond reasonable limits
Extravagance is spending or behavior that exceeds what's reasonable or necessary.
The word carries a sense of excess—too much money, too much flair, too much of anything: The wedding was an extravagance they couldn't afford.
An extravagance can be a specific indulgent purchase: The sports car was his one extravagance.
The term sometimes suggests admirable boldness rather than wastefulness: the extravagance of her imagination.
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
prodigality · wastefulness · squander · overconsumption · exorbitance · gluttony · superfluity · surfeit
Showy, abundant prosperity
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- richnessState of abundance
- plushnessSoft, rich texture
elegance · champagne · caviar · limousine · yacht · penthouse · mansion · designer
Brief excessive episode
- shopping spreeExtended bout of purchasing
- retail therapyShopping to improve mood
- impulse buyUnplanned spur-of-the-moment acquisition
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
big spender · high roller · profligate · spendthrift · money to burn · deep pockets · blank check · treat yourself
Impressive beauty or scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- majestyImpressive supreme dignity
- spectacleVisually striking event
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
pageantry · ostentation · grandiosity · elaborateness · ornateness · flamboyance · showiness · theatricality
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
intemperance · prodigality · wastefulness · squander · overconsumption · exorbitance · gluttony · superfluity · surfeit · overabundance
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- richnessState of abundance
plushness · elegance · champagne · caviar · limousine · yacht · penthouse · mansion · designer · jewelry
spree
Brief excessive episode
- shopping spreeExtended bout of purchasing
- retail therapyShopping to improve mood
- impulse buyUnplanned spur-of-the-moment acquisition
splurge · big spender · high roller · profligate · spendthrift · money to burn · deep pockets · blank check · treat yourself · shopaholic
magnificence
Impressive beauty or scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- majestyImpressive supreme dignity
- spectacleVisually striking event
pomp · pageantry · ostentation · grandiosity · elaborateness · ornateness · flamboyance · showiness · theatricality · baroque
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- Las Vegascasino, slot machine, gambling, blackjack, poker
- lifestylessimple living, city life, family life, minimalism, rural life
- luxuryluxury, wealth, luxurious, opulent, opulence
- opulenceluxury, wealth, affluence, opulence, grandeur
extravagancefrugality
Economical resource management
thrift · economy · parsimony · thriftiness · penny-pinching
extravaganceausterity
Enforced economic stringency
moderation · simplicity · frugality · restraint · temperance