poshadjective
uk/pɒʃ/us/pɑːʃ/B2 informal (of places and things) expensive and of high quality:
He takes her to some really posh restaurants.
C2 UK informal (of people and their voices) from a high social class:
A woman with a very posh accent phoned for him earlier.
too posh to push UK informal humorous
used for describing a woman from a high social class who chooses to have a caesarean section (= a medical operation) to have her baby
More examples
- It's a posh bit of London.
- She's got a very posh car.
- The shops looked so posh I didn't dare go in.
- She's from a very posh family.
- His girlfriend is really posh.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Expensive & luxurious
- costly
- delicacy
- deluxe
- exclusive
- executive
- expense
- expensive
- grand
- grandly
- lush
- luxurious
- no expense is spared idiom
- opulent
- plush
- premium-rate
- priceless
- sumptuous
- swish
- tony
- unaffordable
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Obstetrics: birth
poshness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈpɒʃ.nəs//ˈpɑːʃ.nəs/
Although he prided himself on his poshness, he was at heart spectacularly vulgar.
poshadverb
uk/pɒʃ/us/pɑːʃ/UK not standard as though from a high social class:
She talks dead posh.