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lavish
Meaning: given or spent in great quantity; luxurious
lavish in a sentence
How lavish is used in real sentences:
The lavish banquet had three kinds of dessert.
She was lavish with praise but stingy with help.
“A lavish redesign of the entire bridge would have consumed millions without addressing the measured source.”
— from the passage The Singing Span
Synonyms for lavish
Other words for lavish — extravagant, luxurious and opulent — carry the same meaning.
- extravagant
- luxurious
- opulent
Antonyms of lavish
Words that mean the opposite of lavish:
Where it comes from
From Old French lavasse 'a downpour of rain'
Memory hook
LAVISH — pouring out like a LAVA-flow of riches.