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

County defense lawyers disagree and want to keep settlement payments moving, as going to court could prove even more expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

At the same time, console prices have risen as memory chips become more expensive as a result of the AI industry's huge demand for computing power.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

"Higher menu prices make dining out seem more expensive because people do not adequately take into account that they are no longer tipping," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Mizuho analyst Dan Dolev told MarketWatch that while inflation doesn’t exactly help consumers, more expensive purchases actually mean a bigger cut for Visa and Mastercard.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Food is always more expensive in the winter, but keep up the hard work. I will always give you a fair bargain.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff