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adjective
- 1. sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious: "a lavish banquet" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on: "the media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film"
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The meaning of LAVISH is expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal. How to use lavish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lavish.
LAVISH definition: 1. large in quantity and expensive or impressive: 2. very generous: 3. large in quantity and…. Learn more.
Lavish definition: expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion. See examples of LAVISH used in a sentence.
spending, giving, or using more than is necessary or reasonable; more than enough: The team has the most lavish training facility in the league. lavishly. adverb us / ˈlæv·ɪʃ·li / They live in a lavishly furnished apartment overlooking Central Park. (Definition of lavish from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Synonyms for LAVISH: excessive, extravagant, extreme, steep, insane, endless, infinite, exorbitant; Antonyms of LAVISH: reasonable, modest, moderate, inadequate, insufficient, temperate, deficient, middling.
- Some common synonyms of lavish are exuberant, lush, luxuriant, prodigal, and profuse. While all these words mean "giving or given out in great abun...
- The words exuberant and lavish are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, exuberant implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abu...
- In some situations, the words lush and lavish are roughly equivalent. However, lush suggests rich, soft luxuriance. // a lush green lawn
- Although the words luxuriant and lavish have much in common, luxuriant suggests a rich and splendid abundance. // a luxuriant beard
- The synonyms prodigal and lavish are sometimes interchangeable, but prodigal implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early e...
- The meanings of profuse and lavish largely overlap; however, profuse implies pouring forth without restraint. // profuse apologies
If you say that spending, praise, or the use of something is lavish, you mean that someone spends a lot or that something is praised or used a lot. Critics attack his lavish spending and flamboyant style.
Lavish means "generous and extravagant" as an adjective and "to give generously" as a verb. If you don't like it when people lavish you with attention, you might appreciate a lavish spread of excellent food instead.
