posh
Meaning of posh
adjective
- elegant or stylishly luxurious.
a posh hotel
- in a refined or upper-class way.
he may talk posh, but there is nothing fancy about Basil
- the quality of being elegant, stylish, or upper class.
we finally bought a colour TV, which seemed the height of posh
- smarten someone or something up.
we will be getting all poshed up for the company summer ball
early 20th century: perhaps from slang posh, denoting either a dandy or a coin of small value. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that posh is formed from the initials of port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation, out of the heat of the sun, on ships between England and India).
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Hyphenation of posh
posh
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- posh is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
posh synonyms
Meaning classy:
Meaning (of a place) fashionable and upmarket:
Meaning fashionably elegant and sophisticated:
Meaning relatively expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers:
Meaning sophisticated or expensive in a way that is intended to impress:
Meaning characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style:
Meaning elegantly and stylishly fashionable:
Meaning extremely comfortable or elegant, especially when involving great expense:
Meaning luxurious or of the nature of a luxury:
Meaning luxurious or sumptuous; of a superior kind:
Meaning catering for or available to only a few, select customers; high class and expensive:
Meaning (of a place or group of people) only used by or consisting of a wealthy or sophisticated elite; exclusive:
Meaning splendid and expensive-looking:
Meaning ostentatiously costly and luxurious:
Meaning sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious:
Meaning magnificent and imposing in appearance, size, or style:
Meaning of expensive materials or workmanship; demonstrating wealth:
Meaning graceful and stylish in appearance or manner:
Meaning elaborately or highly decorated:
Meaning characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress:
Meaning having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious:
Meaning relatively expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers; upmarket:
Meaning stylishly luxurious and expensive:
Meaning stylish and attractive:
Meaning richly luxurious and expensive:
Meaning made of or resembling plush; soft to the touch:
Meaning expensively stylish:
Meaning ostentatiously stylish or expensive:
Meaning fashionable among wealthy or stylish people:
Meaning denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders:
Meaning excellent; very good:
Meaning smart or showy in appearance:
Translation of posh
Anagrams of posh
hops, phos, pohs, shop, Soph, soph
Words that rhyme with posh
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