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Synonyms for pricey

Most common

expensive steep high-priced costly

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Expensive — expensive, dear

expensive, costly, spendy US, spenny UK, high-priced, fancy, dear UK IE, steep, high, out of sight

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Expensive, dear.

Related words

Other spellings
pricy

Example sentences

  • expensive A piano is expensive, but a car is more expensive.
  • steep The eastern shore of the lake is steep and pebbly.
  • costly The broccoli is either costly or of poor quality.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
priceyrising
expensivesteady
steepsteady
costlyfalling

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

By length

4 letters
high1, dear1
5 letters
fancy2, steep1
6 letters
costly2, spendy, spenny
9 letters
expensive3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).