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- pronunciation:
- ihk
spen
sihv
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
costing a lot of money; having a high price.
She wanted the most expensive sneakers in the store.New cars are expensive.- synonyms:
- costly, dear
- antonyms:
- cheap, inexpensive
- similar words:
- excessive, extravagant, high, lavish, precious, priceless, steep, stiff, valuable
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| related words: |
luxurious |
| derivations: |
expensively (adv.), expensiveness (n.) |
The word expensive
contains the following parts:
ex-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away from
  More about this word part:
The prefix ex-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as exit
and expel
. It has multiple forms, as the 'x' sound in ex-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms e-, ef-, and es-. ex-
is also used in the formation of English words such as "ex-partner," where it means "formerly having the status of."
Example words:
exceed, excel, excellent, exclude, exhaust, exit, expedition, expel, expensive, export, extract
- synonyms:
- extr-, extra-, exter-
pend, pens
Latin
root
that means hang; weigh; spend
Example words:
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, activate, active, actively, activist, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, exclusive, expensive, fugitive, imperative, infinitive, interactive, native, objective, productive, protective, relative
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