1
: elegant, fashionable
a posh restaurant
2
British
: typical of or intended for the upper classes : highfalutin
posh accents
poshly
adverb
poshness
noun
Examples of posh in a Sentence
They live in a posh neighborhood.
The family is very posh.
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This anime from director Shinya Watada wastes no time in showing off the delightful contrast between its posh girls-academy setting, where women are expected to be delicate, and its main cast’s enthusiasm for rock music.
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Each community, centered around a beach, has its own character, from the uber-posh Camps Bay to the fishing village vibes of Hout Bay.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
The second semester at Maxton Hall ended today with more teen drama getting in the way of the on-off romance between scrappy scholarship student Ruby (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and privileged posh boy James (Damian Hardung).
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
After a quick breakfast at the posh Hotel Washington, most loaded up for a busy day lobbying lawmakers to put a bigger dent in their bank accounts.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Each community, centered around a beach, has its own character, from the uber-posh Camps Bay to the fishing village vibes of Hout Bay.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
The second semester at Maxton Hall ended today with more teen drama getting in the way of the on-off romance between scrappy scholarship student Ruby (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and privileged posh boy James (Damian Hardung).
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
After a quick breakfast at the posh Hotel Washington, most loaded up for a busy day lobbying lawmakers to put a bigger dent in their bank accounts.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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