Lavish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion: a lavish buffet. See Synonyms at profuse.
  • adj. Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting: The critics were lavish with their praise.
  • v. To give or bestow in abundance; shower: lavished attention on his customers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
  • adj. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
  • v. To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal
  • adj. Superabundant; excessive.
  • v. To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Expending or bestowing with profusion; profuse; prodigal: as, to be lavish of expense, of praise, or of blood.
  • Unrestrained; wild.
  • Expended or bestowed with prodigality or in profuseness; existing in or characterized by profusion; superabundant.
  • Rank, as grass, etc.
  • Synonyms and Profuse, etc. See extravagant.
  • To expend or bestow with profusion; give or layout prodigally: as, to lavish encomiums on a person; to lavish money on a friend, or for gratification.
  • n. Waste; squandering.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
  • adj. very generous
  • adj. characterized by extravagance and profusion
  • Equivalent
    generous    rich   
    Antonym
    stint   
    Verb Form
    lavished    lavishes    lavishing    lavishness   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    waste    ware    squander    consume   
    Form
    lavished    lavishing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    exuberant    extravagant    prodigal    wasteful    profuse    immoderate    superabundant    excessive    squander    bestow   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sumptuous    extravagant    generous    princely    costly    prodigal    splendid    ample    bountiful    profuse