lavish

Speech parts

1. lavish - Noun

2. lavish - Adjective

3. lavish - Verb

4. lavish - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.

To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

prodigal extravagant profuse wasteful exuberant opulent munificent grand rich abundant generous magnificent shower luxurious splendid
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Antonyms

Jew franciscan lenten spartan provident arsenal
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Hypernyms

ware waste consume squander

Phrases with the word

be lavish lavish dress provide a lavish meal lavish of praise lavish person lavish spender

Derivatives

lavished lavishing

Anagrams

Svihla Vishal

Examples

A liar is always lavish of oaths. Pierre Corneille

Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday... The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. Ayn Rand

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact. Wyndham Lewis

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might. Mignon McLaughlin

There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer. James Russell Lowell

They limit their expenditure where it is not needed, and are ever lavish of that of which they should be sparing. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

lavinskyite Laviolette laviscious lavish dress lavish event lavish of praise