expensive
expensive
adjectiveDefinition of EXPENSIVE
commanding a large price <expensive clothing that only the truly wealthy can afford>
Synonyms big-ticket, dear, expensive, extravagant, high, high-end, high-ticket, precious, premium, priceless, pricey (also pricy), spendy [chiefly Northwest], ultraexpensive, valuable
Related Words exorbitant, overpriced, prohibitive, sky-high, steep, stiff, unaffordable, uneconomic (or uneconomical), unreasonable; inestimable, invaluable; deluxe, luxurious, sumptuous
Antonyms cheap, inexpensive
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