lavish
Very grand and costing a lot.
lavish in a sentence
- The palace threw a lavish feast with golden plates and seven kinds of cake.
- The hotel's lavish bathroom had golden taps and towels softer than clouds.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to lavish?
- Acheap
- Bsimple
- Cgrand
- Dplain
Show the answer
C: grand. The other three mean the opposite of lavish.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to lavish?
- Aplain
- Bgrand
- Cfancy
- Drich
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A: plain. The other three mean nearly the same as lavish.
Words that mean something similar
grand, rich, fancy
Words that mean the opposite
plain, simple, cheap
More words about size & amount
- liberal: Given freely and in large amounts.
- lofty: Very tall or high up.
- mammoth: Huge in size or amount.
- meagre: Very small in amount and not enough.
- mere: Nothing more than; only.
- miniature: Very small, like a tiny copy of something bigger.
- moderate: Neither too much nor too little, around the middle.
- monumental: Extremely large or important.
More words to explore
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