expensive (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *expensive*:
ADJECTIVE	all	expensive	high in price or charging high prices

expensive > pronunciation
Sounds	ihkspeh'nsihv
Rhymes	abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv...

English > *expensive*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	High in price or charging high prices.
Examples	"expensive clothes" "an expensive shop"
Narrower	big-ticket, high-ticket	Very expensive
	costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy	Having a high price
	dearly-won, costly	entailing great loss or sacrifice
	overpriced	Too costly for the value
See also	valuable	Having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
Opposite	cheap, inexpensive	relatively low in price or charging low prices
Spanish	caro, costoso
Catalan	car, costós
Nouns	expensiveness	the quality of being high-priced
Adverbs	expensively	in an expensive manner
Verbs	expend	pay out

HyperDic: expensive