| Main Entry: | dear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very expensive |
Synonyms: |
an arm and a leg, at a premium, cher, costly, fancy, high, high-priced, out of sight, overpriced, pretty penny, pricey, prized, steep, stiff*, valuable |
Antonyms: |
cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, valueless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | expensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high-priced |
Synonyms: |
an arm and a leg, at a premium, big-ticket, costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, high, highway robbery, holdup, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, out of sight, overpriced, plush, posh, pretty penny, pricey, rich, ritzy, sky-high, steep*, stiff*, swank, too high, uneconomical, unreasonable, upscale, valuable |
Antonyms: |
cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, moderate, reasonable |
| Main Entry: | scarce |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insufficient, infrequent |
Synonyms: |
at a premium, deficient, failing, few, few and far between, in short supply, limited, occasional, rare, scant, scanty, seldom, seldom met with, semioccasional, short, shortened, shy, sparse, sporadic, truncated, uncommon, unusual, wanting |
| Notes: | rare means not widely known or recurring only at long intervals or not widely distributed; scarce means not enough or deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |
Antonyms: |
abundant, frequent, plentiful, sufficient |