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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

Higher rates would make financing the billions of dollars being spent on AI chips and infrastructure more expensive, and there’s no guarantee such spending will translate into actual profits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 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

Beyond interest rates, loans are getting more expensive in other ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The Iowa pigs turned out to be more delicate and more expensive to house and feed than the Creole pigs, and in the end, most didn’t survive in their new home.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French