expensive
Meaning
- Having a high price or cost.
- Taking a lot of system time or resources.
- (obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
Concepts
expensive
costly
dear
valuable
precious
pricey
high-priced
difficult
exorbitant
hard
beloved
high
cherished
luxurious
sumptuous
high price
firm
lovely
lavish
pricy
over-priced
expensiveness
honorable
darling
be costly
extravagant
money-eating
overpriced
steep
upmarket
chargeable
consumptive
stiff
important
worth
distant
extensive
far
far away
fear
long
worthy
heavy
big-ticket
high-ticket
rich
upscale
priceless
sweet
wealth
respected
excessive
dignified
high-class
noble
tall
scarce
dry
honourable
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
Etymology
From Latin *expēnsīvus, from expendō (“to weigh out (money), to pay out”) (whence English expend). By surface analysis, expense + -ive. In the sense of "high-priced" has largely displaced dear.
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