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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 nightmarish run started when the war in Ukraine forced Nestlé to make adjustments, as key raw materials like fuel and wheat became more expensive.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Should long-term Treasury yields move higher from here, it would make the build-out of AI more expensive to finance in the debt markets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Higher interest rates make the debt more expensive and gut the present value of cash that may not arrive until later down the line.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Cars continue to get more expensive; the average selling price in April jumped 1.8% from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

With customers able to instantaneously find the cheapest policy, the more expensive companies had no choice but to lower their prices.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt