high life
Champagne and caviar
High life is a lifestyle of luxury, indulgence, and social pleasure—fancy parties, expensive tastes, glamorous circles: After the inheritance, she started living the high life.
The term often carries a whiff of excess or unsustainability.
In West African music, highlife is a distinct genre blending local rhythms with Western jazz and brass band traditions.
Showy, abundant prosperity
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- affluenceAbundance of money
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
splendor · decadence · indulgence · grandeur · plushness · magnificence · excess · palatial
Social revelry in progress
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
- VIPNotable, for short
- bottle serviceExclusive club drink package
- nightclubsEvening entertainment venues
dancing · DJ · revelry · cocktails · carousing · after-hours · lounges · discotheque
Wealth or destiny
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- assetsOwned items of value
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
millionaire · billionaire · trust fund · old money · new money · tycoon · magnate · mogul
Fascinating, elegant attractiveness
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
- red carpetCeremonial welcome flooring
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
- jet-setWealthy international travelers
elite · fashionistas · glitterati · A-list · soirees · galas · couture · designer
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- affluenceAbundance of money
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
sumptuousness · splendor · decadence · indulgence · grandeur · plushness · magnificence · excess · palatial · gilded
partying
Social revelry in progress
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
- VIPNotable, for short
- bottle serviceExclusive club drink package
nightclubs · dancing · DJ · revelry · cocktails · carousing · after-hours · lounges · discotheque · velvet rope
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- assetsOwned items of value
inheritance · millionaire · billionaire · trust fund · old money · new money · tycoon · magnate · mogul · plutocrat
glamour
Fascinating, elegant attractiveness
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
- red carpetCeremonial welcome flooring
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
jet-set · elite · fashionistas · glitterati · A-list · soirees · galas · couture · designer · vogue
- prosperitywealth, riches, fortune, success, abundance
- revelryrevelry, revel, festivity, festivities, celebration
high lifepoverty
Severe lack of resources
destitution · penury · indigence · impoverishment · low life
high lifehardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
struggle · hard times · grinding poverty · daily grind · dog's life
high lifeausterity
Enforced economic stringency
asceticism · simple living · self-denial · abstinence · frugality