posh

Meaning of posh

adjective
  1. elegant or stylishly luxurious.
    a posh hotel
adverb
  1. in a refined or upper-class way.
    he may talk posh, but there is nothing fancy about Basil
noun
  1. the quality of being elegant, stylish, or upper class.
    we finally bought a colour TV, which seemed the height of posh
verb
  1. 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:

classy, swish

Meaning (of a place) fashionable and upmarket:

smart

Meaning fashionably elegant and sophisticated:

stylish

Meaning relatively expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers:

upmarket

Meaning sophisticated or expensive in a way that is intended to impress:

fancy

Meaning characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style:

fashionable

Meaning elegantly and stylishly fashionable:

chic

Meaning extremely comfortable or elegant, especially when involving great expense:

luxurious

Meaning luxurious or of the nature of a luxury:

luxury

Meaning luxurious or sumptuous; of a superior kind:

deluxe

Meaning catering for or available to only a few, select customers; high class and expensive:

exclusive

Meaning (of a place or group of people) only used by or consisting of a wealthy or sophisticated elite; exclusive:

select

Meaning splendid and expensive-looking:

sumptuous

Meaning ostentatiously costly and luxurious:

opulent

Meaning sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious:

lavish

Meaning magnificent and imposing in appearance, size, or style:

grand

Meaning of expensive materials or workmanship; demonstrating wealth:

rich

Meaning graceful and stylish in appearance or manner:

elegant

Meaning elaborately or highly decorated:

ornate

Meaning characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress:

ostentatious

Meaning having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious:

showy

Meaning relatively expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers; upmarket:

upscale

Meaning stylishly luxurious and expensive:

swanky, swank

Meaning stylish and attractive:

snazzy

Meaning richly luxurious and expensive:

plush

Meaning made of or resembling plush; soft to the touch:

plushy

Meaning expensively stylish:

ritzy

Meaning ostentatiously stylish or expensive:

flash

Meaning fashionable among wealthy or stylish people:

tony

Meaning denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders:

swagger

Meaning excellent; very good:

swell

Meaning smart or showy in appearance:

sprauncy

Translation of posh

Anagrams of posh

hops, phos, pohs, shop, Soph, soph

Words that rhyme with posh

pishposh, sposh

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