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In some senses, posh is marked as offensive, obsolete, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Associated with the upper classes.
She talks with a posh accent.
In antenatal clinic, an extremely posh patient attends for a routine appointment. All is well with her extremely posh fetus. Her extremely posh eight-year-old asks her a question about the economy (!), and before she answers, she asks her extremely posh five-year-old, ‘Do you know what the economy is, darling?’ ’Yes, Mummy. It’s the part of the plane that’s terrible.’
Stylish; elegant; exclusive; luxurious; expensive.
Near-synonym: plush
After the performance, they went out to a very posh restaurant.
Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.
We have a right posh git moving in next door.
intj
An exclamation expressing derision.
The czar! Posh! I slap my fingers--I snap my fingers at him.
noun
A halfpenny or other coin of little value.
Money.