posh1 adjectiveposh2 adverb
poshposh1 /pɒʃ $ pɑːʃ/ ●○○ adjective informal 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINposh
ExamplesOrigin:
1900-2000 Perhaps from posh ‘money, showy man’ (19-20 centuries)EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- a posh five-star hotel
- She goes to a posh girls' school near Brighton.
- She went to a posh girls' school in Switzerland.
- When I'm famous I'm going to stay in a posh hotel and drink champagne all day.
- Will your posh university friends be coming tonight?
- I take the couch, an obligatory furnishing in hacker dens, even posh hacker dens like these at Xerox.
- It's been routed from a solid block of not very posh plywood.
- My house wasn't posh, but it was clean and it was mine.
- Some were like herself, some were from the suburbs and some sounded quite posh.
- They split when he was in some really posh place, up the West End.
Longman Language Activatorbelonging to the highest class► upper-class
Collocations belonging to the class of people who originally had most of the money and power, especially families that own a lot of land: · Most senior politicians in the UK are from upper-class families.· He spoke with an upper-class accent.
► aristocracy the people who belong to families that own a lot of land, and used to have a lot of power, and have special titles before their names, like 'Lord' or 'Lady' - used especially when you are talking about the past: the aristocracy: · Daughters of rich merchants would often marry into the aristocracy.
► privileged having a high position in society that has special, and usually unfair, advantages such as power, money and the best education: · In many countries today only a privileged minority get the chance of going to university.
► elite a small group of rich and powerful people who have special, unfair advantages that other people do not have: · The President has been accused of developing policies in favor of a small elite.· The sort of goods once reserved for the elite are now available to everyone.
► posh British spoken use this about someone who behaves and speaks in a way in which upper-class people usually behave or speak: · Will your posh university friends be coming tonight?posh school/hotel/restaurant etc (=one that is very expensive, that rich people go to): · She went to a posh girls' school in Switzerland.
expensive and fashionable► expensive an expensive hotel, restaurant, area etc is very fashionable and it is expensive to stay, eat, or live there: · My uncle took us out to dinner at an expensive restaurant.· The house is on West Boston Avenue, Detroit's most expensive residential area.
► exclusive an exclusive area, school, shop, club etc is very expensive, and only a few very rich people have enough money to live there or use it: · They live in Bel Air, an exclusive suburb of Los Angeles.· The country club is very exclusive - you have to be invited to join.
► luxurious a luxurious building or room is large, very comfortable, and has expensive decorations and furniture: · a room in a luxurious New York hotel· Atlantis is one of the world's most luxurious cruise ships.
► fancy especially American, spoken a fancy house, car, hotel, restaurant etc is expensive and fashionable: · You'd think a fancy restaurant like this would have better service.· We stayed in a fancy Victorian hotel in San Francisco.
► posh especially British, spoken a posh restaurant, house, car etc is expensive and looks as if it is used or owned by rich people: · When I'm famous I'm going to stay in a posh hotel and drink champagne all day.· She goes to a posh girls' school near Brighton.
► upmarket especially British /upscale American used or bought by people who belong to a higher social class or have more money than ordinary people, and therefore more expensive: · I was surprised when I saw her apartment - I'd have expected a lawyer to have something a little more upmarket.· New upscale shops and restaurants are driving some of the older businesses out of the neighborhood.
► classy fashionable, expensive, and used by people who have a lot of money or belong to a high social class: · She took us to a very classy seafood restaurant in the old part of the city.· The cafe's interior has been redone and looks very classy.· The Grand Union Hotel is one of the classiest hotels in this part of the country.
► plush: plush hotel/office/apartment etc a hotel, office etc that looks expensive because it contains a lot of nice furniture, decorations etc: · The firm's headquarters is a plush $2.5 million office building on Woodside Road.· the plush lobby of a four-star hotel
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a posh/plummy accent
1a posh restaurant, hotel, car etc is expensive and looks as if it is used or owned by rich people: British English informal (=an upper-class accent)· a tall man with a posh accent
► a posh restaurant British English informal (=where richer people go)· They all earn huge salaries and eat at posh restaurants.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► hotel· Susanna Hoffs strolls across her posh hotel room and shakes hands.· The rooftops of once posh hotels became snipers nests.
a posh private school2British English upper class: Her parents are terribly posh.posh1 adjectiveposh2 adverb
poshposh2 adverb British English informal CollocationsCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a posh/plummy accent
talk posh to talk in an upper-class way British English informal (=an upper-class accent)· a tall man with a posh accent
► a posh restaurant British English informal (=where richer people go)· They all earn huge salaries and eat at posh restaurants.