'Expensive' definitions:
Definition of 'expensive'
From: WordNet
adjective
High in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" [ant: cheap, inexpensive]
Definition of 'Expensive'
From: GCIDE
- Expensive \Ex*pen"sive\, a.
- 1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. [1913 Webster]
- War is expensive, and peace desirable. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad sense: extravagant; lavish. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. --Sprat. [1913 Webster]
- The idle and expensive are dangerous. --Sir W. Temple.
- Syn: Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant. -- {Ex*pen"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ex*pen"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expensive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cheap,
- costly,
- dear,
- dear-bought,
- extravagant,
- fancy,
- high,
- high-priced,
- immoderate,
- luxurious,
- not affordable,
- of great cost,
- overpriced,
- precious,
- premium,
- priced,
- priceless,
- pricey,
- rich,
- steep,
- stiff,
- sumptuous,
- thrifty,
- top,
- uneconomical,
- unpayable,
- valuable
Words containing 'Expensive'
- Expense,
- Expensefully,
- Expensefulness,
- Expensively,
- Expensiveness,
- at any expense,
- Expense magazine,
- business expense,
- expense account,
- expense record,
- incidental expense,
- interest expense,
- lobbying expense,
- medical expense,
- minor expense,
- moving expense,
- operating expense,
- organization expense,
- personal expense,
- promotional expense,
- trade expense,
- travel expense,
- non-cash expense