highlife

Thân thiện

A young couple enjoys the highlife at a luxurious resort.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A style of West African popular music: "highlife" refers to a genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, characterized by its use of Western instruments, complex guitar melodies, and jazzy horns, often sung in local languages.
   • A luxurious or extravagant lifestyle: "highlife" can also describe a way of living associated with wealth, high social status, and lavish spending.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Music Genre):

  • The band played classic highlife at the festival.
  • My grandfather loved listening to highlife from the 1950s.

• Noun (Lifestyle):

  • After his business succeeded, he began living the highlife.
  • The article criticized the politician's taste for the highlife.

Advanced Usage

• "to live the highlife": to live in a very luxurious and expensive way.
  • After winning the lottery, they started living the highlife, traveling first class and staying in five-star hotels.

Variants and Related Words

• Highlifer (n): A person who enjoys or lives a luxurious lifestyle.
  • He was known as a highlifer, always seen at the most exclusive parties.

Synonyms

• Luxury: A state of great comfort and extravagant living.
• Extravagance: Lack of restraint in spending money or using resources.
• Affluence: The state of having a great deal of money; wealth.

Related Phrases

• Life of luxury: A way of life involving great comfort and expensive pleasures.
  • She dreamed of a life of luxury.

Học thuật

Noun

1. excessive spending

Từ đồng nghĩa

• extravagance
• prodigality
• lavishness
• high life