Thesaurus:expensive
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Sense: having a high price
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- big-ticket
- costly
- dear (UK)
- dispendious (archaic)
- ex (Singapore)
- expenny (slang)
- expensive
- lickpenny (obsolete)
- high-priced
- out of sight
- pricey
- spendy (US, regional)
- spenno
- spenny (UK, informal)
- steep
Antonyms
[edit]- affordable
- attainable
- bargain [⇒ thesaurus] (as noun adjunct)
- budget (as noun adjunct)
- cheap
- discount (as noun adjunct)
- economical (different from economic)
- econo-
- inexpensive
- low-end
- low-priced
- nickel (attributively)
- value [⇒ thesaurus] (as noun adjunct)
Hyponyms
[edit]- high-end
- luxurious
- plush (chiefly, UK)
- posh (chiefly, UK)
- sumptuous
- unaffordable
- unattainable
- upmarket
- upscale
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Coordinate terms
[edit]Various
[edit]- an arm and a leg (noun)
- cost-conscious (describes the buyer or their outlook)
- exorbitant (describes the price itself as contrasted with the item)
- exploitive (describes the price itself or the seller, as contrasted with the item)
- no-frills
- give one's eye-teeth (verb)
- give one's left nut (verb)
- give one's right arm (verb)
- frugal [⇒ thesaurus] (describes the buyer or their outlook)
- good value (noun, usually substantive only)
- inflationary (describes market forces resulting in expensiveness)
- miser [⇒ thesaurus] (describes the buyer)
- miserly (describes the buyer's outlook)
- pay through the nose (verb)
- priced-off
- price gouging (noun)
- profligate (describes the buyer or their outlook)
- pretty penny (noun)
- spendthrift [⇒ thesaurus] (describes the buyer)
- thrift (describes the buyer's outlook)
- thrifty (describes the buyer or their outlook)
Further reading
[edit]- “814. dearness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “expensive” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.