extravagancy
Wasteful opulent behavior
Extravagancy is an older or more formal variant of extravagance—excessive spending, elaborateness, or lack of restraint.
The word appears in older texts and occasionally in modern usage for stylistic effect: the extravagancy of the court's entertainments.
Both forms describe going beyond reasonable limits in expense, behavior, or expression.
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- wastefulnessCareless use of resources
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
exorbitance · immoderation · overconsumption · excessiveness · superfluity · intemperance · splurging · overabundance
Excessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
plushness · richness · magnificence · indulgence · pampering · elegance · decadence · gilt
Ostentatious display quality
- displayPresentation for viewing
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
- flamboyanceShowy, confident style
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
pageantry · spectacle · grandiosity · gaudiness · glitz · theatricality · pretentiousness · vainglory
Careless disregard for danger
- irresponsibilityFailure to meet obligations
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
foolhardiness · heedlessness · improvidence · shortsightedness · living beyond means · impulsivity · negligence · indiscretion
Showy, confident style
- effusivenessUnrestrained emotional expression
- elaboratenessState of being ornate
- floridnessExcessive ornamental elaboration
- overelaborationExcessive development of details
embellishment · ornamentation · baroque · rococo · over-the-top · dramatic flair · hyperbole · maximalism
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- wastefulnessCareless use of resources
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
overspending · exorbitance · immoderation · overconsumption · excessiveness · superfluity · intemperance · splurging · overabundance · overkill
lavishness
Excessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
splendor · plushness · richness · magnificence · indulgence · pampering · elegance · decadence · gilt · silk
showiness
Ostentatious display quality
- displayPresentation for viewing
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
- flamboyanceShowy, confident style
pomp · pageantry · spectacle · grandiosity · gaudiness · glitz · theatricality · pretentiousness · vainglory · ornateness
recklessness
Careless disregard for danger
- irresponsibilityFailure to meet obligations
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- thoughtlessnessLack of careful consideration
rashness · foolhardiness · heedlessness · improvidence · shortsightedness · living beyond means · impulsivity · negligence · indiscretion
flamboyance
Showy, confident style
- effusivenessUnrestrained emotional expression
- elaboratenessState of being ornate
- floridnessExcessive ornamental elaboration
overelaboration · embellishment · ornamentation · baroque · rococo · over-the-top · dramatic flair · hyperbole · maximalism
extravagancyfrugality
Economical resource management
thrift · economy · penny-pinching · miserliness · parsimony
extravagancyausterity
Enforced economic stringency
simplicity · plainness · spareness · minimalism · asceticism
extravagancymoderation
Avoidance of excess
restraint · temperance · self-control · reasonableness · measure