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expensive
adjective as in high-priced
Strongest matches
costly, extravagant, fancy, high, lavish, overpriced, pricey, upscale, valuable
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
She said that she and all her neighbors would want to build back with more fire safe materials, but no one knew how much more expensive that would be.
Construction is time consuming, stressful and expensive in normal times, let alone in a disaster zone with toxic waste.
“Because there’s only two and they’re kind of far away from everything, it is very expensive to take material there,” said Nick Lapis, director of advocacy for Californians Against Waste, a Sacramento-based environmental nonprofit.
The Panama game will mark the U.S. team’s first appearance in the world’s most expensive stadium, where it will play two of its three World Cup group-play games in 2026.
It will mark the team’s first appearance in the world’s most expensive stadium, which will play host to eight games in next summer’s men’s World Cup.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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