posh

adjective

ˈpäsh How to pronounce posh (audio)
Synonyms of poshnext
1
: elegant, fashionable
a posh restaurant
2
British : typical of or intended for the upper classes : highfalutin
posh accents
poshly adverb
poshness noun

Examples of posh in a Sentence

They live in a posh neighborhood. The family is very posh.
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The group — along with America First Works, a sister organization focused on political work and policy advocacy — just moved into a posh new office on Pennsylvania Avenue next to the Willard InterContinental, wedged between the White House and Capitol. — Axios, 13 Mar. 2025 But the unicorn population at large running about the wilds surrounding the Leopolds’ posh, secluded ranch compound is none too happy with the fact that one of their brood has now died by oligarchical hands. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025 Collecting old art was posh and respectable, but in an America still scandalized by the sight of breasts, collecting modern art was outrageous. — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025 In a post on X, the DEA New England division said its agents assisted ICE and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston with the arrests on the idyllic and posh summer vacation destination island situated 30 miles south of Cape Cod. — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for posh

Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of posh was in 1914

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