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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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The US is hosting the World Cup alongside Canada and Mexico, with tickets as much as seven times more expensive than the 2022 tournament in Qatar because of Fifa's dynamic pricing model.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Researchers say this capability could open the door to advanced forms of sensing and imaging that previously required far larger and more expensive systems.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Although value stocks outperformed during the 1980s and 1990s, since the 2008-09 global financial crisis, more expensive companies have generally outperformed more consistently, the strategists wrote.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

One reason Ukrainian-made steel may be more expensive and less attractive to EU importers is that, without verified actual emissions data, they would need to pay according to the default values.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It was an ordinary-looking house, more expensive than some, but typical of Philadelphia: brick front, windows trimmed in white paint, metal railings, and a thick oaken door.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson