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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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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

Brent crude futures haven’t settled below $100 since late April, though they are still more than $20 a barrel more expensive than before the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Hewson said there has been a "perfect storm" of increased costs for raw materials, energy, labour costs and even changes to packaging regulation that has made these essentials more expensive.

From BBC • May 24, 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