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more expensive

ADJECTIVE

high-priced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

costly extravagant fancy high lavish overpriced pricey upscale valuable

WEAK

an arm and a leg at a premium big-ticket dear excessive exorbitant highway robbery holdup immoderate inordinate invaluable out of sight plush posh pretty penny rich ritzy sky-high steep stiff swank too high uneconomical unreasonable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

economical reasonable unimportant worthless

WEAK

cheap inexpensive low-priced moderate

Example Sentences

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more expensive

But because your life is already about to become a lot more expensive, I would advise against it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The longer the litigation drags on, the more expensive it becomes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

"For the first time in the industry's history, consoles are getting more expensive toward the end of their lifecycle," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Frontier AI models the most advanced systems made by industry giants like OpenAI and Anthropic—are growing more and more expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

These materials were much more expensive than wood, and cost more to put up, and, thus, were beyond the means of poorer citizens.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy