posh
38
6.9
- adjective
- /pɑʃ/
- Informal
:
elegante
- She wore a posh outfit to the gala, impressing everyone with her elegance.
- a posh neighborhood
Just just this posh lady that is just living.
- Just just this posh lady that is just living.
- I mean, publishing is a famously very posh sort of sector.
- This is going to be the poshest intro to my story ever.
- And then I kind of became this posh real reality show contestant.
- He was having the posh, posh clothes, the cars.
- You know those really posh white neighborhoods?
- Yeah, they think we're all posh, like sipping tea, God forbid.
- And my daughter, she speaks so well, she's so posh and she speaks like this and daddy.
- Albans, do you think Hertfordshire, you think posh area?
- And well, it turns out that they wanted like, a posh character, and I'm not posh.
- It was really not this posh place.
Examples
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But now we are living in a posh neighborhood in an apartment with a regular handyman.
Blog text (25) -
I mean, publishing is a famously very posh sort of sector.
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It's like a super posh university, but for school children.
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It's not as posh as this.
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You know those really posh white neighborhoods?
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I remember being shocked by how posh the property was, particularly for an airport hotel.
Blog text (22) -
Several months ago, his school, in a posh part of Old Delhi, had given a dinner party to introduce him.
Fiction book (2001) -
We went to a very posh restaurant in The Strand.
Fiction book (1994) -
What had once been a posh neighborhood of fine homes was turning into a seedy area.
Academic text (2013) -
And my daughter, she speaks so well, she's so posh and she speaks like this and daddy.
Synonyms
133
4.1
Being elegant and stylish and showing good taste
62
5.6
Something that is very comfortable and expensive and shows someone is rich
20
5.8
Showing elegant, expensive style that makes someone seem richer or more important
18
7.4
Very stylish and expensive-looking, like a fancy car or hotel
15
7.7
Very rich and expensive in a way that shows great wealth
7
7.5
Expensive and fashionable, showing that someone has money
1
7.2
Being stylish and looking expensive
1
9.6
Looking expensive or stylish in a showy, joking way
Being fancy and expensive, liked by rich people
Stylish in a way that shows upper-class manners
Antonyms
How Elegant
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word posh has an uncertain origin, but one popular story says it comes from the letters P.O.S.H., short for 'Port Out, Starboard Home', a note on old ship tickets that gave wealthier passengers cooler cabins. A helpful way to remember it is to think of those rich, comfortable cabins, because posh today means 'elegant' or 'luxurious' and is used for things fit for the upper class.