HIGH-TICKET Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

high-ticket

adjective

ˈhī-ˈti-kət

Definition of high-ticket

as in expensive

commanding a large price a specialty store selling high-ticket goods to a well-heeled clientele

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Recent Examples of high-ticket Sure, some high-ticket items may have gone back to their original prices, but there are still plenty of home, fashion, bedding, cleaning, gardening, and organizational items on sale that are still worth adding to your cart. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026 The city’s push for a fee on high-ticket real estate transactions has been met with resistance on Beacon Hill, where prior petitions sent up by the mayor have died. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026 Instead of turning to their Bilt cards for more high-ticket items to reach the minimum spend, though, a lot of users just paid their rent and bought four individual bananas. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 Mar. 2026 Instead of the oil-baron excess of Dallas or the leather-and-chrome bravado of contemporary money dramas like Billions, Carter favors seductively austere minimalism and high-ticket abstract art. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-ticket

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But when shovels become too expensive, the miners start forging their own.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
West Virginia is the least expensive state, with an income of $81,245 for a single adult and $202,592 for a family of four.

— Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of expensive

Adjective

The simple way to think about this product is a closer integration between Salesforce's library of customers' valuable data and the capabilities of the Claude model.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The term describes how one’s actions have side effects that might be more valuable than the actions themselves, like a bee pollinating the world’s flowers while making honey for its hive.

— Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of valuable

Adjective

Innovation rates are often 70% higher with inclusive design and helps ease costly turnover ranging from 50% to twice an employee’s annual salary.

— Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Fields completed 9 of 12 passes for 64 yards while also taking a costly 20-yard sack on a third-and-goal from the Bucs’ 7.

— Jesse Newell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of costly

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University of Michigan The program can include on-field and stadium-based branding, scoreboard integrations and end zone placements, digital and in-game sponsorship activations, with an exploration of jersey patches and additional premium assets.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Still, the visible road to touches combined with a premium offensive line arrow to impactful production.

— Brad Evans, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of premium

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