lavish
expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
using or giving in great amounts; prodigal (often followed by of): lavish of his time;lavish of affection.
to expend or give in great amounts or without limit: to lavish gifts on a person.
Origin of lavish
1synonym study For lavish
Other words for lavish
1 | excessive, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, intemperate, thriftless, unreasonable, wasteful; unrestrained, wild |
2 | generous, bountiful, effusive, free, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting |
3 | heap, shower; waste, squander, dissipate |
Opposites for lavish
Other words from lavish
- lav·ish·er, noun
- lav·ish·ly, adverb
- lav·ish·ness, noun
- o·ver·lav·ish, adjective
- o·ver·lav·ish·ness, noun
- un·lav·ish, adjective
- un·lav·ished, adjective
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How to use lavish in a sentence
For every one acts his own part, but it tends altogether unto wickedness, lavishness, and troublesomness.
A careful study of Transatlantic examples might put our own boasted lavishness of charity to shame.
His generosity bordered on lavishness; yet even here, his prudence did not wholly forsake him.
Architects declared that it was as far as modern lavishness and extravagance could go.
The Third Degree | Charles Klein and Arthur HornblowAt weddings, too, the display of presents is an object of surprise to the out-of-town guests, unused to such lavishness.
Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt | Various
British Dictionary definitions for lavish
/ (ˈlævɪʃ) /
prolific, abundant, or profuse
generous; unstinting; liberal
extravagant; prodigal; wasteful: lavish expenditure
(tr) to give, expend, or apply abundantly, generously, or in profusion
Origin of lavish
1Derived forms of lavish
- lavisher, noun
- lavishly, adverb
- lavishment, noun
- lavishness, noun
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