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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His mother hails from a posh Scottish family, while his father is an American from Beverly Hills who converted from Judaism, and is now an archdeacon in the Anglican Church.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
Rates: $$$$ For over a century, the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel has reigned supreme from its posh spot on Ashford Avenue, welcoming guests like John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and actor Errol Flynn.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
The setting is a dusty town square, bordered on one side by the posh Siete Mares Hotel and on the other by the city’s worst quarter, fronted by the Ritz Men Only, a dangerous flophouse.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
Several high-profile billionaires moved abroad and real estate sales in the poshest neighborhoods did fall.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 July 2025
Rates: $$$$ For over a century, the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel has reigned supreme from its posh spot on Ashford Avenue, welcoming guests like John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and actor Errol Flynn.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
The setting is a dusty town square, bordered on one side by the posh Siete Mares Hotel and on the other by the city’s worst quarter, fronted by the Ritz Men Only, a dangerous flophouse.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
Several high-profile billionaires moved abroad and real estate sales in the poshest neighborhoods did fall.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for posh
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“Posh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posh. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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