expensive costing a lot of money:
an expensive car
Apartments in the city are very expensive.
An underground train system is expensive to build.high costing a lot of money.You use
high about rents/fees/prices/costs. Don’t use
expensive with these words:
Rents are very high in this area.
Lawyers charge high fees.
the high cost of living in Japandear [not before noun] British English spoken expensive compared to the usual price:
£3.50 seems rather dear for a cup of coffee.pricey /ˈpraɪsi/
informal expensive:
The clothes are beautiful but pricey.costly expensive in a way that wastes money:
Upgrading the system would be very costly.
They were anxious to avoid a costly legal battle.cost a fortune informal to be very expensive:
The necklace must have cost a fortune!exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbət
ənt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt
ənt $ -ɔːr-/ much too expensive:
Some accountants charge exorbitant fees.astronomical astronomical prices, costs, and fees are extremely high:
the astronomical cost of developing a new spacecraft
the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats
The cost of living is astronomical.overpriced too expensive and not worth the price:
The DVDs were vastly overpriced.somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do something:
Most people can’t afford to send their children to private schools. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲