Synonyms for expensive
ɪkˈspɛn sɪvex·pen·sive

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1. expensiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   pricey, costly, dear

   Antonyms:
   inexpensive, cheap, low-priced

2. expensiveadjective

   having a high price or cost

   Synonyms:
   costly, pricey, dear

   Antonyms:
   low-priced, inexpensive, cheap

3. expensiveadjective

   taking a lot of system time or resources

   an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm

   Synonyms:
   dear, costly, pricey

   Antonyms:
   cheap, inexpensive, low-priced

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. expensive

   Synonyms:
   costly, valuable, rich, high-priced, dear, extravagant

   Antonyms:
   cheap, worthless, poor, economical

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1. expensiveadjective

   high in price or charging high prices

   "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"

   Antonyms:
   low-priced, catchpenny(a), tuppeny, low-budget, cut-price, cut-rate, twopenny, bargain-priced, inexpensive, sixpenny, nickel-and-dime(a), affordable, dirt cheap, cheap, low-cost, twopenny-halfpenny, two-a-penny, threepenny

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. expensiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   lavish, extravagant, wasteful

2. expensiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   dear, costly, high-priced, of great price

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1. expensiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   costly, dear, high-priced

   Antonyms:
   inexpensive

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1. List of paraphrases for "expensive":

   costly, dear, onerous, cher, cara, burdensome, exorbitant, high-cost, pricey, high, precious, beloved, dearest, cherished, high-priced, cheap

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1. Qi Yifeng:

   The market is in a downtrend. There's no good news, stocks are still expensive, and there's no fresh money coming in, with no RRR (reserve requirement) cut over the weekend, the market will directly head south.

2. Shirko Fatih:

   It probably became too expensive to feed them and care for them.

3. Keir Giles:

   Europe’s vulnerability that was suddenly exposed existed because of a longstanding complacency by Western powers, western Europe had not been willing to listen to the frontline states who warned over the Russian regime’s intent and understood that more expensive energy was a price worth paying in exchange for not being vulnerable to Russian pressure. This complacency left Russia with multiple open goals to kick at in major Western European capitals, most notably Germany.

4. Paul Osho:

   Change has a price tag, sometimes expensive yet easy to pay where there's a will!

5. Med Jones:

   In the Internet age, information is cheap. Education is expensive.