luxury :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

extravagance

n. something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness

n. the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

sumptuousness, luxuriousness, opulence

n. wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

deluxe, luxe, de luxe

adj. elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations"

way, fashion, style, manner, mode

n. how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"

excess, surplus, surplusage

n. a quantity much larger than is needed

surfeit, glut, oversupply

n. the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

nimiety, overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment

n. extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"

wealth

n. the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent"

portion, lot, fate, luck, fortune, circumstances

n. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

prosperity

n. an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

ease, comfort

n. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

wealth, riches

n. an abundance of material possessions and resources

elegance

n. a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"

luxuriance, lushness

n. the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses

abundance, copiousness

n. the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"

bounty, amplitude, bountifulness, plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude

n. abundance, copiousness

swish, classy, posh

adj. elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child

glorious, magnificent, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous

adj. having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"

bijou

adj. small and elegant: "bijou villas"; "can Americans be persuaded to pay out dollars for bijou cars?"

dandified, dandyish, foppish

adj. affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

fine, smart

adj. characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"

high-class, high-toned

adj. pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant"

exquisite, recherche

adj. lavishly elegant and refined

neat, refined, tasteful

adj. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"

swank, ritzy, swanky

adj. luxuriously elegant

simple

adj. cleverly simple; used of a solution to a problem e.g.

soigne, well-groomed, soigné

adj. polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance