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 they can be more expensive to run due to not being as energy efficient.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Open models were already gaining fans because using closed AI keeps getting more expensive.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Long-tenured employees are typically more expensive, and those who aren’t interested in promotions are sometimes seen as less valuable to an organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Read: Apple’s MacBooks and iPads are getting more expensive as the memory crunch deepens.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

“The piano is much more expensive than those other things,” Mom says.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks