extortionate
Meaning of extortionate
- (of a price) much too high; exorbitant.
£2,700 for that guitar is extortionate
- using or given to extortion.
the extortionate power of the unions
Information about extortionate
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of extortionate
ex-tor-tion-ate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- extortionate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
extortionate synonyms
Meaning exorbitant:
exorbitant, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious
Meaning more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate:
Meaning contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous:
Meaning not sensible or restrained; excessive:
Meaning not guided by or based on good sense:
Meaning unusually or disproportionately large; excessive:
Meaning (of a price or charge) so high as to prevent something being done or bought:
Meaning costing far more than can be afforded:
Meaning (of a tax or other charge) extremely high:
Meaning distended through being filled with air or gas:
Meaning relating to crime:
Meaning not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid:
Meaning avaricious; greedy:
Meaning having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain:
Meaning having an excessive desire or appetite for food:
Meaning aggressively greedy or grasping:
Meaning (of an animal) preying naturally on others:
Meaning making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources:
Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Meaning (of punishment of a person) strict or harsh:
Meaning extremely thorough and careful:
Meaning solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced:
Meaning inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment:
Meaning having or showing a selfish desire for something; greedy:
extortionate antonyms
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
Words that rhyme with extortionate
Nate, Alphanate, Banate, Bromanate, Depanate, Italianate, Lomanate, Plasmanate, Thiophanate, acetylglucopyranosylisothiocyanate, acetylphenylisothiocyanate, acetyltryptophanate, adamantylisocyanate, aldermanate, allophanate, alloxanate, allylisothiocyanate, allylthiocyanate, aminobenzylpenicilianate, aminoethylthiocyanate, aminopenicillanate, amoscanate, anate, applanate, azidophenylisothiocyanate, banate, benzoylisothiocyanate, benzylisothiocyanate, benzylthiocyanate, biphenyldiisocyanate, biphenylisothiocyanate, bisthiocyanate, bitoscanate, bromoallylisothiocyanate, bromoallylthiocyanate, bromobenzylisothiocyanate, bromopenicillanate, bromophenylisocyanate, bromophenylisothiocyanate, butenylisothiocyanate, butylcyanate, butylisothiocyanate, calpanate, cephalosporanate, chlorobenzylthiocyanate, chloroethylisocyanate, chloromethylthiocyanate, chlorophenylisothiocyanate, chlorophenylthiocyanate, chlorosulfonylisocyanate