Expensive

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  • adjective. Requiring a large expenditure; costly.
  • adjective. Marked by high prices.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Costly; requiring or entailing much expense: as, an expensive dress or equipage; an expensive family; expensive tastes or habits.
  • Free in expending; liberal; extravagant; lavish.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal
  • adjective. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad sense: extravagant; lavish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. having a high price or cost
  • adjective. taking a lot of system time or resources
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  • adjective. high in price or charging high prices
    • Word Usage
    "Since semiconductor-grade silicon is expensive, though, using high-quality crystals makes solar cells even _more _expensive."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    cheap  inexpensive  low-priced  
    Equivalent
    big-ticket  costly  dear  dearly-won  high-priced  
    Form
    expensive drunk  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    apprehensive  comprehensive  counteroffensive  defensive  extensive  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cheap  costly  dangerous  elegant  new  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cheap  costly  costly  dear  dear  
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