EXPENSIVE

expensive

(adjective) high in price or charging high prices; “expensive clothes”; “an expensive shop”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

expensive (comparative more expensive, superlative most expensive)

(obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

Having a high price or cost.

(computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.

Synonyms

• See expensive

Antonyms

• cheap

• inexpensive

• low-priced

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*pen"sive, a.

1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke.

2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.] An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. Sprat. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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