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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That’s included bigger and bigger chunks of healthcare dollars going to not only executives but also things like posh offices and advertising.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Soly Hux Short-Sleeve Cardigan Practical and posh, this Soly Hux cardigan is just what your closet needs for transitional weather.
—Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
To start with the movie’s strongest asset, Fiennes is magnificent — sinewy and feral in appearance but erudite in manner, his isolation and years of living rough having done little to curb the magniloquence of a posh education.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
In Sunrise on the Reaping, the second prequel film following 2023’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Fanning will play the 20-something version of the posh Effie Trinket, originally played by Elizabeth Banks, 51.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Soly Hux Short-Sleeve Cardigan Practical and posh, this Soly Hux cardigan is just what your closet needs for transitional weather.
—Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
To start with the movie’s strongest asset, Fiennes is magnificent — sinewy and feral in appearance but erudite in manner, his isolation and years of living rough having done little to curb the magniloquence of a posh education.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
In Sunrise on the Reaping, the second prequel film following 2023’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Fanning will play the 20-something version of the posh Effie Trinket, originally played by Elizabeth Banks, 51.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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