Verbal Ability - Antonyms - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Antonyms - Section 1 (Q.No. 29)
Directions to Solve

In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.


29.
EXTRAVAGANCE
Luxury
Poverty
Economical
Cheapness
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Main Entry: extravagant

Part of Speech: adjective

Definition: indulgent, wasteful

Synonyms: absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, overpriced, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained

Antonyms: close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious
Discussion:
17 comments Page 1 of 2.

Samrat said:   1 decade ago
It means luxury and not economy

Rahul Mandal said:   1 decade ago
Samrat dude this is antonyms question not synonym. !

Swathi said:   1 decade ago
Here it is for antonym. You are going through synonym.

Aryan said:   1 decade ago
This tests are really useful to practice for upcoming exams of IBPS

Benneth said:   1 decade ago
Let us always observe the golden rules of Concorde in supplying answers. One might be deceived into choosing cheapness because it falls into the same class of abstract nouns as extravagance. So, for economical (adjective) to be correct, then the main word should be extravagant (adjective) and not EXTRAVAGANCE (abstract noun).

Suresh said:   1 decade ago
Why can't it be Poverty or cheapness?
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Boobathi said:   1 decade ago
Poverty is more appropriate antonym for extravagance.
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Barbara said:   1 decade ago
Extravagance is a noun and so its synonym needs to be a noun.
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Divya said:   10 years ago
Extravagant means costly. For this antonym may be cheaper or poverty.
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Heena said:   9 years ago
Extravagance means an inclination towards spending more, wasting money.

Economical means you are always thinking of spending money more carefully, inclined more towards saving money or resources.

So in this way, these two words are different in defining the attitude of the person.
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