extravagance

Plural: extravagances

Noun

• the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
  • "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description"
• the trait of spending extravagantly
• excessive spending
• Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
• Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.
• Something extravagant; something done out of extravagance.

Examples

• That luxury car is an extravagance you can't afford.

Synonyms

extravagancy, high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, excess, irregularity, profusion, recklessness, unreasonableness, waste, wildness

Antonyms

economize, frugality, moderation

Related Words

extravagancies, extravagancy, extravagantly, extravaganza, extravagate, extravagation