7 definitions found for posh

posh adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish]

posh adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1918 1. elegant, fashionable <a posh restaurant> 2. British typical of or intended for the upper classes ; highfalutin <posh accents> • poshly adverb • poshness noun

posh
adj. & adv. colloq.
--adj.
1 smart; stylish.
2 of or associated with the upper classes (spoke with a posh accent).
--adv. in a stylish or upper-class way (talk posh; act posh).
Phrases and idioms:
posh up smarten up.
Derivatives:
poshly adv. poshness n.
Etymology: 20th c.: perh. f. sl. posh a dandy: port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation on ships to and from the East) is a later association and not the true origin

posh (posher, poshest) 1. If you describe something as posh, you mean that it is smart, fashionable, and expensive. (INFORMAL) Celebrating a promotion, I took her to a posh hotel for a cocktail. ...a posh car. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you describe a person as posh, you mean that they belong to or behave as if they belong to the upper classes. (INFORMAL) I wouldn't have thought she had such posh friends... ADJ

posh pɔʃ adj. & adv. colloq. --adj. 1 smart; stylish. 2 of or associated with the upper classes (spoke with a posh accent). --adv. in a stylish or upper-class way (talk posh; act posh). øposh up smarten up. øøposhly adv. poshness n. [20th c.: perh. f. sl. posh a dandy: port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation on ships to and from the East) is a later association and not the true origin]

posh pɔʃ adj. (de) luxe, luxurious, elegant, sumptuous, lavish, opulent, rich, royal, regal, luxury, grand, fashionable, Colloq swank(y), classy, ritzy, Slang snazzy: You ought to see what a posh office my son has!

81 Moby Thesaurus words for "posh": Babylonian, Corinthian, a la mode, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, braw, chic, classy, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deluxe, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, elaborate, elegant, exclusive, exquisite, extravagant, fancy, fashionable, fine, genteel, glorious, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, jaunty, lavish, luxurious, luxury, magnificent, majestic, modish, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, noble, opulent, palatial, plush, princely, proud, recherche, regal, rich, ritzy, royal, sharp, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, spruce, stately, style-conscious, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell, tony, trendy, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed