► expensivecosting a lot of money: Apartments in the city are very expensive. He took me to an expensive restaurant.
► high prices or costs that are high are more expensive than usual: Gas prices are very high right now.
► pricey informal expensive compared to other things of the same kind: The hotel was nice, but it was a little bit pricey.
► costly very expensive and often wasting money: They wanted to avoid a costly legal battle.
► overpriced too expensive and not worth the price: I’m not going into a tourist shop to buy an overpriced T-shirt.
► exorbitant exorbitant prices, costs, etc. are much too expensive: Housing prices in New York are exorbitant.
► astronomical astronomical prices, costs, etc. are so expensive that they are very hard to believe or imagine: The painting was sold for an astronomical price.
► exclusive exclusive restaurants, hotels, etc. have very high prices so that only very rich people can go to them: She spends two weeks every year at an exclusive spa in the Rockies.
► fancy fancy restaurants, cars, clothes, etc. are expensive and fashionable: They stayed at a fancy hotel in San Francisco.