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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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).
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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
Checking out new cities and hopping from boutique hotels in quaint towns to posh, mid-city high rises has its perks, but most flight attendants appreciate a little bit of consistency—especially while packing.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
From Naples to Palm Beach, South Florida has no shortage of trophy homes, but one legacy compound in Miami’s posh Coconut Grove neighborhood, now available for $115 million, includes a private marina on Biscayne Bay.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2025
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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
Checking out new cities and hopping from boutique hotels in quaint towns to posh, mid-city high rises has its perks, but most flight attendants appreciate a little bit of consistency—especially while packing.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
From Naples to Palm Beach, South Florida has no shortage of trophy homes, but one legacy compound in Miami’s posh Coconut Grove neighborhood, now available for $115 million, includes a private marina on Biscayne Bay.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 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 Dec. 2025.
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