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lavish

adjective

1 he held lavish dinner parties at his home:

sumptuous, luxurious, luxuriant, lush, gorgeous, costly, opulent, grand, elaborate, splendid, rich, regal, ornate, expensive;

pretentious, showy, fancy;

informal posh.

▷antonyms meager.

2 he was lavish with his hospitality:

generous, liberal, bountiful, openhanded, unstinting, unsparing, ungrudging, free, munificent, handsome;

extravagant, prodigal, fulsome;

informal over the top.

▷antonyms frugal.

3 lavish amounts of the best quality olive oil:

abundant, copious, ample, superabundant, plentiful, profuse, liberal, prolific, generous;

literary plenteous.

▷antonyms scant.

verb

she has always lavished money on her children:

give freely, spend, expend, heap, shower, pour, deluge, give generously, give unstintingly, bestow freely;

informal blow.

▷antonyms economize, begrudge.