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more expensive

ADJECTIVE

high-priced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

costly extravagant fancy high lavish overpriced pricey upscale valuable

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

economical reasonable unimportant worthless

WEAK

cheap inexpensive low-priced moderate

Example Sentences

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The R1T is a more expensive, luxury offering, which limits market size.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Cars continue to get more expensive; the average selling price in April jumped 1.8% from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

It also warned that some of the campaign's proposals could make online-only games significantly more expensive to develop.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Higher interest rates make the debt more expensive and gut the present value of cash that may not arrive until later down the line.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

“Food is always more expensive in the winter, but keep up the hard work. I will always give you a fair bargain.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff