Synonyms for costly

Most common

expensive · valuable · steep · high-priced · prohibitive

All synonyms

Adjective

Antonyms

cheap, low-priced, low-cost

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Of high cost; expensive.

Example sentences

• expensive A piano is expensive, but a car is more expensive.
• valuable To the eye of an artist, this is valuable, I hear.
• steep The eastern shore of the lake is steep and pebbly.
• prohibitive The cost of entry to some gigs is prohibitive.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

high¹, rich¹, dear¹

5 letters

steep¹

6 letters

pricey², spendy, spenny

8 letters

valuable³, precious²

9 letters

expensive³, sumptuous²

11 letters

prohibitive⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pricey² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

coûteux

Italiano

dispendioso

Español

costoso

Deutsch

teuer