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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

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

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

These materials were much more expensive than wood, and cost more to put up, and, thus, were beyond the means of poorer citizens.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy