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expensive
adjective as in high-priced
Strongest matches
costly, extravagant, fancy, high, lavish, overpriced, pricey, upscale, valuable
Weak matches
an arm and a leg, at a premium, big-ticket, dear, excessive, exorbitant, highway robbery, holdup, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, out of sight, plush, posh, pretty penny, rich, ritzy, sky-high, steep, stiff, swank, too high, uneconomical, unreasonable
Example Sentences
Harlander is eager to bankroll Victor’s elaborate and expensive scheme, though not without having an agenda of his own.
Even the Federal Reserve can’t make a bad business good — it can only make it expensive to let it fail.
At the same time, the council wrote, Edison had cut power to neighborhoods served by wires that had been undergrounded, an expensive upgrade that Edison has said would prevent the need for the shutoffs.
The cost of child care in New York City is expensive.
It’s true stocks are undeniably expensive, prompting comparisons to the dot-com bubble of a quarter-century ago.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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