lavish | Definition of lavish

lavish

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lavish

1 to give readily and in large quantities

doting parents lavishing lots of attention on their children

Synonyms of lavish

heap, pour, rain, shower

Words Related to lavish

flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, swamp

Near Antonyms of lavish

hold back, keep, reserve, retain, withhold

2 to use up carelessly

a great actor who lavished his talent in lousy movies

Synonyms of lavish

blow, dissipate, fiddle away, fritter (away), lose, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away), waste

Words Related to lavish

consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot

indulge, overindulge

disburse, expend, lay out

Phrases Synonymous with lavish

play ducks and drakes with (or make ducks and drakes of)

Near Antonyms of lavish

economize, scrimp, skimp

preserve, protect, save

Antonyms of lavish