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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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In recent data, “we can see the preferences tilt a little to more expensive home, and I suspect that that’s due to that wealth effect for those buyers,” Simonsen said in an accompanying video.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Should long-term Treasury yields move higher from here, it would make the build-out of AI more expensive to finance in the debt markets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Even with the price caps, fuel in France is far more expensive than in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“Point me to the biggest Applebee’s in the world, where I bet they serve two fajitas when you order one; where I bet the shrimp fajita isn’t any more expensive than the chicken.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle