expensive

Adjective

Meaning

Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.

Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dear costly high-priced premium steep lavish extravagant luxurious unreasonable prohibitive exorbitant overpriced pricey gaul pfennig
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Antonyms

cheap inexpensive low-priced threepenny economic free
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Related terms

expense expenditure expend

Phrases with the word

less expensive it's too expensive expensive hotel too expensive awfully expensive expensive lesson

Examples

Better bread with salt in peace and without sorrow than many expensive dishes in grief and suffering. John Chrysostom

The most expensive gifts in the world are free: kindness, attention, concern, sympathy, support, love... Source: Internet

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. James Baldwin

Advice is a free gift that can become expensive for the one who gets it. Armenian Proverb

What the thief stole has always been called expensive. Persian Proverb

The cheap things prove to be expensive at the end. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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