Synonyms for expensive
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Costly — having a high price or cost
costly, pricey informal, high-priced, overpriced, extravagant, fancy, dear UK IE, valuable, rich, steep informal, precious, sumptuous, lickpenny dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a high price or cost.
Related words
- Word family
- expensively expensiveness expend expenditure expense exploitive
Example sentences
- costly The broccoli is either costly or of poor quality.
- extravagant She considered him extravagant with electricity.
- overpriced Many people think that antique cars are overpriced.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| expensive | steady | |
| costly | falling | |
| extravagant | steady | |
| overpriced | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rich1, dear1
- 5 letters
- fancy2, steep1
- 6 letters
- costly2, pricey2
- 8 letters
- valuable3, precious2
- 9 letters
- sumptuous2, lickpenny
- 10 letters
- overpriced3
- 11 letters
- extravagant4
- 15 letters
- disadvantageous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).