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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 spendingplay

  Familiarity information: HIGHLIFE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGHLIFE (noun)


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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