Synonyms for expensive

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expensive implies having a price that is high in relation to others of its kind or that is in excess of the thing's worth or the purchaser's ability to pay an expensive car; costly refers to something high in price and usually implies richness, magnificence, rareness, etc. costly gems: it is often applied to that which it would cost much in money or effort to correct or replace a costly error; dear, less often used today in the U.S., implies an exorbitant price or one considerably beyond the normal or fair price meat was very dear at the time; valuable, in this connection, implies such great value as to bring a high price a valuable collection; invaluable suggests value so great that it cannot be appraised in monetary terms invaluable aid