Synonyms of the word

extravagance

• n. Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
• n. Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.

dissipation

• n. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
• n. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness…
• n. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
• n. (physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.

excess

• n. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity,…
• n. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
• n. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance;…
• n. (geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds…
• n. (Britain, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
• adj. More than is normal, necessary or specified.
• v. (US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given…

excessiveness

• n. The property of being excessive.

extravagancy

• n. (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
• n. (archaic, 17-19th centuries) A thing that is extravagant.

highlife

• n. (music) A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional…
• n. Alternative spelling of high life.

improvidence

• n. The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

inordinateness

• n. The quality of being inordinate; unreasonable excess.

lavishness

• n. The state or characteristic of being lavish.

prodigality

• n. Wasteful extravagance.
• n. Lavish generosity.

profligacy

• n. (countable) Careless wastefulness.
• n. (uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour.

shortsightedness

• n. Alternative spelling of short-sightedness.

waste

• n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
• n. Excrement or urine.
• n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
• n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
• n. A large tract of uncultivated land.
• n. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays…
• n. A vast expanse of water.
• n. A disused mine or part of one.
• n. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
• n. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
• n. Gradual loss or decay.
• n. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
• n. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
• n. (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the…
• n. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the…
• adj. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
• adj. Barren; desert.
• adj. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
• adj. Superfluous; needless.
• adj. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
• adj. Unfortunate; disappointing.
• v. (transitive) to devastate, destroy.
• v. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
• v. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
• v. (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to…
• v. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
• v. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
• v. (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences,…

wastefulness

• n. imprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources.