Standard Lemma guide

pricey

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpɹaɪsi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪsi
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AY1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Expensive, dear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: costly, spendy, steep, 5-star, big-ticket, chargeful, cheap at half the price, costful, cost-prohibitive, fancy, dear, dearthful, dispendious, ex, expenny, expensive, exy, high-cost, lickpenny, million-dollar, high-priced, princely, out of sight, overdear, pricey, ruinous, spenno, spenny, splurgy

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A nickname of the surname Price.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having a high price

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • costly jewelry
  • high-priced merchandise
  • much too dear for my pocketbook
  • a pricey restaurant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: costly, dear(p), high-priced, pricy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English price Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pricey From price + -y.

From Price + -y.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَالٍ (ḡālin) — expensive
  • Bulgarian: скъп (skǎp) — expensive
  • Bulgarian: мил (mil) — expensive
  • Danish: dyr — expensive
  • Dutch: prijzig — expensive
  • Dutch: duur — expensive
  • Finnish: hintava — expensive
  • Finnish: tyyris — expensive
  • Finnish: kallis — expensive
  • German: kostspielig — expensive
  • Ancient Greek: πολυτελής (polutelḗs) — expensive
  • Indonesian: mahal — expensive
  • Māori: taimaha — expensive
  • Polish: arcykosztowny — expensive
  • Portuguese: caro — expensive
  • Russian: дорогова́тый (dorogovátyj) — expensive