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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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Many users on social media said they depended on Telegram for free study material and could not afford to pay for more expensive alternatives.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Meta sells a variety of AI glasses, including a more expensive pair with a display and wristband that lets people ask questions to an AI assistant and answer calls and texts, along with other tasks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

That all adds up to an unusual bargain in a chip industry that the AI boom has made a lot more expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Shipping-insurance costs are around 10 times more expensive than they were before the war began, said Paul Baris, principal at supply-chain consultancy Efficio.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has--I'm not kidding.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger