upmarket

adjective

up·​mar·​ket ˈəp-ˈmär-kət How to pronounce upmarket (audio)
upmarket adverb

Examples of upmarket in a Sentence

an upmarket restaurant that is quite pricey but also quite good
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Earlier this year, it was announced the fund would invest $740 million to buy 25% of a property portfolio in London’s upmarket Covent Garden district. Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025 Aston Martin has, as noted, pushed its cars decidedly upmarket, and this pinnacle offering now competes, in price and power, directly with vehicles such as the $504,000 Ferrari 12Cilindri Spider while coming in well above the Bentley Continental GTC, which starts at $336,000. Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025 Rather than young school children, our heroes are octogenarians living in a rather upmarket retirement home (the fictitious Coopers Chase). Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025 With its upmarket boutiques, wine bars, and spas, it’s been called the Hamptons of Florida. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for upmarket

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of upmarket was in 1972

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“Upmarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upmarket. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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