luxury

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. self-indulgence, prodigality; dainty; elegance, sumptuousness, extravagance. See pleasure, intemperance.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Indulgence of the senses, regardless of the cost]

Syn. gratification, costliness, expensiveness, richness, idleness, leisure, luxuriousness, high-living, prodigality, epicureanism, sybaritism, hedonism, lavishness; see also enjoyment 2 , indulgence 3 .

Ant. poverty*, poorness, lack.

2. [An indulgence beyond one's means]

Syn. expensive rarity, extravagance, intemperance, immoderation, unrestraint, exorbitance, wastefulness, spree*, splurging*; see also excess 1 , waste 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

extravagance, indulgence, riches, wealth, affluence, superfluity, opulence, *bed of roses, sumptuousness, abundance, lavishness, comfort, ease, immoderation, *high living, hedonism, treat, frill, extra. ''Positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.''—Thoreau.

ANT.: poverty, want, deprivation, bare necessity

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Something costly and unnecessary: extravagance, extravagancy, frill. See SAVE.