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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There’s nothing quite like the posh pampering of an outstanding afternoon tea.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Seven people receive mysterious poison pen letters summoning them to a posh townhouse.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Callas lost her voice and retreated to her mausoleum-like apartment on the Avenue Georges Mandel in Paris’ posh sixteenth arrondissement.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Seven people receive mysterious poison pen letters summoning them to a posh townhouse.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Callas lost her voice and retreated to her mausoleum-like apartment on the Avenue Georges Mandel in Paris’ posh sixteenth arrondissement.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for posh
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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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