living large
Wallowing in luxury
Living large means enjoying a lifestyle of luxury, abundance, or extravagance—spending freely, indulging in pleasures, and generally acting as if money is no object.
The phrase carries a boastful edge, celebrating material success and the freedom it brings: He's been living large ever since he sold his company.
Sometimes used ironically when the lifestyle is more modest than the phrase suggests.
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
high roller · baller · flashy · mansion · champagne · bottle service · penthouse · yacht · jet set · bling · splurge · money to burn · indulgent · highroller · big spender · glamorous · gold plated · decadent
- wealth statuspoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, middle-class
- joy expressionsjoy, happiness, delight, glee, mirth
- Complacencytoo comfortable, going through motions, phoning it in, mailing it in, self-satisfied
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- overdoingoverdoing, overindulging, overkill, excess, overreacting
- prosperitywealth, riches, fortune, success, abundance
living largescraping by
Barely having enough
poverty-stricken · destitute · impoverished · broke · living in poverty
living largepinching pennies
Obsessive spending restraint
tightening one's belt · penny-pinching · counting every penny · doing without · keeping a low profile
living, large, live, lives, lived, liver, lively, livelihood, alive