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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The story doesn’t take place on Nantucket, but rather a posh New England boarding school.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The French Heritage Society held its annual Palm Beach Gala Dinner last week at posh and private Club Colette.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Finally, there's Rick (Walton Goggins) and his conspicuously young girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), a somewhat trashy pair who look completely out of place among the posh and refined.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
The conference is being held at Trump National Doral Miami, a posh resort with four golf courses owned by the billionaire president.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The French Heritage Society held its annual Palm Beach Gala Dinner last week at posh and private Club Colette.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Finally, there's Rick (Walton Goggins) and his conspicuously young girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), a somewhat trashy pair who look completely out of place among the posh and refined.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
The conference is being held at Trump National Doral Miami, a posh resort with four golf courses owned by the billionaire president.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 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 21 Mar. 2025.
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