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fancy3 S3 comparative fancier, superlative fanciest
1 fancy hotels, restaurants, cars etc are expensive and fashionable [= swanky]: 
Harry took me to a fancy restaurant for our anniversary.
Harry took me to a fancy restaurant for our anniversary.2 having a lot of decoration or bright colours, or made in a complicated way : fancy soaps in seashell shapes
fancy soaps in seashell shapes3 complicated and needing a lot of skill [≠ straightforward]: I can't do all that fancy stuff on the computer.
I can't do all that fancy stuff on the computer.4 [only before noun] American English fancy food is of a high quality
WORD FOCUS: expensive WORD FOCUS: expensive
high used about prices, rents, or charges
fancy used about restaurants, cars, or clothes that look expensive
posh used about hotels, restaurants, or cars that look expensive and are used by rich or high-class people
cost a lot also cost a bomb informal to be very expensive
be out of somebody's price range to be more than someone can afford to pay
be a rip-off informal to be much too expensive, so that you feel you have been cheated
exorbitant exorbitant prices are much too high
➔ See also expensive
WORD FOCUS: expensive high used about prices, rents, or charges
fancy used about restaurants, cars, or clothes that look expensive
posh used about hotels, restaurants, or cars that look expensive and are used by rich or high-class people
cost a lot also cost a bomb informal to be very expensive
be out of somebody's price range to be more than someone can afford to pay
be a rip-off informal to be much too expensive, so that you feel you have been cheated
exorbitant exorbitant prices are much too high
➔ See also expensive
