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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After that, my memories of the day were listening to the group of people next to us with faux-posh accents, a half-time pie, and Haydon the Womble posing on a wheelie bin a la Kate Winslet in Titanic.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Options range from affordable tickets on popular catamaran excursions to more posh private charters.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
To maximize the look, throw a cardigan over your shoulders to embody this posh look.
—Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
The next City Council speaker is set to be Julie Menin, a moderate Democrat from the posh Upper East Side of Manhattan.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Options range from affordable tickets on popular catamaran excursions to more posh private charters.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
To maximize the look, throw a cardigan over your shoulders to embody this posh look.
—Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
The next City Council speaker is set to be Julie Menin, a moderate Democrat from the posh Upper East Side of Manhattan.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 31 Dec. 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 7 Jan. 2026.
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