Meaning & use

expensive

adjective·Everyday

Costing a lot of money; priced higher than what is considered ordinary or affordable.

See it in a sentence

The hotel near the beach was far too expensive for our modest budget.

Repairing an old car's engine can be more expensive than buying a used one.

A note on using this word

Expensive is a relative term; something 'expensive' for one budget may be quite ordinary for another.

Words with a similar meaning

costlypricey

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Words with an opposite meaning

cheap

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