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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

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

The Bulls were in the ascendancy and Cummings' yellow card was looking ever more expensive as Cameron Hanekom gained territory and Francois Klopper went in under the posts to set up an easy Pollard conversion.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

They’ve started giving the baby donkey’s milk, although it’s almost three times more expensive.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman