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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Generally there are two reasons to tax something, says Korinek: raising money and reducing the use of something by making it more expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Labor remained elevated, while high input prices—from food ingredients to packaging—pressured margins, not to mention the tariffs that made many imported produce more expensive.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

On top of that, I’m using a credit card to pay, so it’s actually more expensive, because if I don’t pay it off in full I will have to pay interest on it.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

A tank of diesel became £27 more expensive.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

And the Truman students who enroll at more expensive colleges—even solid but not exclusive institutions like Temple University in Philadelphia—often must take out tens of thousands of dollars in loans.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove