costing a lot of money an expensive car/restaurant/vacation Art books are expensive to produce. I can't afford it—it's too expensive. Making the wrong decision could prove expensive. That dress was an expensive mistake. opposite inexpensive
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adverb expensively dressed/furnished There are other restaurants where you can eat less expensively. Thesaurusexpensive
- costly
- overpriced
- pricey
- expensive costing a lot of money; charging high prices:I can't afford it—it's just too expensive for me. an expensive restaurant
- costly (somewhat formal) costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay:You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.
- overpriced too expensive; costing more than it is worth:ridiculously overpriced designer clothes
- pricey (informal) expensive:Condos downtown are now too pricey for local people to afford.
- expensive/costly/pricey for somebody/something
- expensive/costly to do something
- very/too/fairly/quite/pretty expensive/costly/pricey
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