Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. [1913 Webster]
"War is expensive, and peace desirable." [1913 Webster]
Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad sense: extravagant; lavish. [1913 Webster]
"An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness." [1913 Webster]

"The idle and expensive are dangerous."

Syn. -- Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

expensive, adj.
1 costing much.
2 making a high charge.
3 causing much expense (has expensive tastes).

Derivative

expensively adv. expensiveness n.

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THESAURUS

expensive

cheap, costly, dear, dear-bought, extravagant, fancy, high, high-priced, immoderate, luxurious, not affordable, of great cost, overpriced, precious, premium, priced, priceless, pricey, rich, steep, stiff, sumptuous, thrifty, top, uneconomical, unpayable, valuable

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ROGET THESAURUS

expensive

Dearness

N dearness, high price, famine price, fancy price, overcharge, extravagance, exorbitance, extortion, heavy pull upon the purse, dear, high, high priced, of great price, expensive, costly, precious, worth a Jew's eye, dear bought, at a premium, not to be had, not to be had for love or money, beyond price, above price, priceless, of priceless value, unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate, overpriced, more than it's woth, dear, dearly, at great cost, heavy cost, a grands frais, prices looking up, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, le cout en ote le gout, vel prece vel pretio, too high a price to pay, not worth it.

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