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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

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

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

She liked a more expensive house in another part of the countryside and wished that Dr. Darwin would give them more money so they could buy a nicer one.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman