extravagate
Definition
- Verb (intransitive, rare):
- To stray or wander: "extravagate" means to go beyond usual limits, to wander away from a path or course.
- To be excessive or extravagant: In a figurative sense, it means to go to extremes, especially in behaviour, speech, or thought—to be wildly extravagant or unrestrained.
Usage Examples
- (To wander off the intended path.)
- (To go beyond acceptable limits in expression.)
- (To stray into excessive or unrealistic ideas.)
Advanced Usage
"to extravagate from the truth": to deviate from what is true or accurate.
- The witness began to extravagate from the truth, confusing the court. (To stray from factual accuracy.)
"to extravagate in spending": to spend money in an excessive or reckless manner.
- He would extravagate in spending on luxury items, quickly depleting his savings. (To be excessively extravagant.)
Variants and Related Words
- Extravagant (adj): spending much more than is necessary; exceeding reasonable limits.
- She had an extravagant taste for designer clothes. (Excessively costly or lavish.)
- Extravagance (n): the quality of being extravagant; excessive spending or behaviour.
- His extravagance left him in debt. (The state of being wasteful or excessive.)
- Extravagate (v) is the verb form; note that it is very rare and often replaced by "extravagant" in adjectival or noun forms.
Synonyms
- Stray: to wander away from a path or course.
- Deviate: to turn aside from a standard or principle.
- Ramble: to talk or write in a confused way; to wander in speech.
- Exceed: to go beyond what is allowed or necessary.
Related Idioms
- Go off the rails: to lose control or behave in an unacceptable way.
- After the scandal, his career went off the rails. (Similar to extravagating from proper conduct.)
- Overstep the mark: to go beyond what is considered acceptable.
- His jokes were funny at first, but he overstepped the mark. (To extravagate from social norms.)