expensive
Use Expensive in a sentence
sɪv adjective
entailing great expense; very high-priced; costly: an expensive party.
Related forms
ex·pen·sive·ly, adverb
ex·pen·sive·ness, noun
qua·si-ex·pen·sive, adjective
qua·si-ex·pen·sive·ly, adverb
Synonyms
Expensive, costly, dear, high-priced apply to something that is high in price. Expensive is applied to whatever entails considerable expense; it suggests a price more than the average person would normally be able to pay or a price paid only for something special: an expensive automobile. Costly implies that the price is a large sum, usually because of the fineness, preciousness, etc., of the object: a costly jewel. Dear is commonly applied in England to something that is selling beyond its usual or just price. In the U.S., high-priced is the usual equivalent.
Expensive, costly, dear, high-priced apply to something that is high in price. Expensive is applied to whatever entails considerable expense; it suggests a price more than the average person would normally be able to pay or a price paid only for something special: an expensive automobile. Costly implies that the price is a large sum, usually because of the fineness, preciousness, etc., of the object: a costly jewel. Dear is commonly applied in England to something that is selling beyond its usual or just price. In the U.S., high-priced is the usual equivalent.
Antonyms
cheap, low-priced.
cheap, low-priced.
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| —adj | |
| high-priced; costly; dear | |
| ex'pensively | |
| —adv | |
| ex'pensiveness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Orphan drugs are expensive to produce, and prices need to be set high to recoup costs within such a small market.
Yet high-yield varieties are also genetically weaker crops that require expensive chemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides.
Maintenance of these treasures can be difficult and expensive, but their high appeal to tourists helps to keep them running.
The switch to high-definition was expensive for everybody.
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