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HIGHLIFE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does highlife mean?
• HIGHLIFE (noun)
The noun HIGHLIFE has 1 sense:
1. excessive spending
Familiarity information: HIGHLIFE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessive spending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
extravagance; high life; highlife; lavishness; prodigality
Hypernyms ("highlife" is a kind of...):
dissipation; waste; wastefulness (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly)
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