extravagance

1. 1.

   the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth

   “we were surprised by the extravagance of his description”

   Synonymsextravagancy

   Broaderexcess
2. 2.

   the trait of spending extravagantly

   Synonymsprodigalityprofligacy

   Broaderimprovidence
3. 3.

   excessive spending

   Synonymsprodigalitylavishnesshighlifehigh life

   Broaderwaste

Other forms of extravagance

plural

extravagances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about extravagance

What does extravagance mean?

extravagance means "the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in extravagance?

extravagance has 4 syllables: ex-trav-a-gance. The stress falls on "trav". In IPA it is /ɛkˈstɹævəɡəns/.

What is another word for extravagance?

Close synonyms include extravagancy, prodigality, profligacy, prodigality, lavishness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is extravagance a common word?

extravagance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.