spendy

adjective

ˈspen-dē 

spendier; spendiest

chiefly Northwestern US : expensive

Synonyms

• big-ticket
• costly
• dear
• expensive
• extravagant
• high
• high-end
• high-ticket
• precious
• premium
• priceless
• pricey
• pricy
• ultraexpensive
• valuable

Examples of spendy in a Sentence

Seattle is generally credited with transforming coffee from a workaday drink to a trendy and spendy beverage.

Recent Examples on the Web

Reforming and eventually replacing this spendy program should be at the top of any to do list for a new administration. —Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024

The spendy options run from the eponymous Italian dishes of dressed fish to uni taco bites, caviar nachos and prawns a la plancha. —Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024

No airbags, anti-lock brakes, shoulder belts, cruise control or air conditioning (likely a spendy option). —William Roberson, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

For those working behind the scenes, Amazon’s sprawling, stunning and spendy fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is marked by a secrecy not unlike the clandestine creation of the titular gold bands in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world. —Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above