EXPENSIVE meaning: 1. costing a lot of money: 2. costing a lot of money: 3. costing a lot of money: . Learn more.

The meaning of EXPENSIVE is involving high cost or sacrifice. How to use expensive in a sentence.

Definition of expensive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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expensive If something is expensive, it costs a lot of money. I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment. It was more expensive than the other magazines. Don't say that …

Oct 6, 2025 · expensive (comparative more expensive, superlative most expensive)

Expensive is applied to whatever entails considerable expense; it suggests a price more than the average person would normally be able to pay or a price paid only for something special: an …

Synonyms for EXPENSIVE: costly, valuable, premium, precious, extravagant, pricey, high, pricy; Antonyms of EXPENSIVE: inexpensive, cheap, reasonable, moderate, worthless, valueless, …

[ + to do sth ] It's too expensive to go out every night. Plastic bottles are less expensive to produce. A large house is very expensive to maintain. The tickets were expensive, but the kids …

(Definition of expensive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)