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posh English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word posh once they have reached the level B1 – Lower Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning posh meaning

What does posh mean?

Definitions in simple English

posh Adjective

— Posh is something that is high class, elegant and fashionable. He spoke with a posh voice. It was the poshest restaurant in town.

posh Adverb

— Posh is to act in an elegant or high class way. He liked to talk posh.

posh

— adjective (= classy, swish) elegant and fashionable classy clothes a classy dame a posh restaurant a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac — Julia Child

Synonyms posh synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as posh?

posh English » English

classy

elegant

swish

stylish

spruce

neat

great

grand

fashionable

worldly

well groomed

trim

trig

terrific

swank

stunning

stately

sporty

spiffy

sparkish

spark plug

sophisticated

snobby

snobbish

snazzy

smart

senior

rakish

quaint

prim

pretty

palatial

of high rank

of high birth

of gentle rank

of gentle birth

nobby

nifty

new

natty

modern

loud

large

jaunty

hip

handsome

gorgeous

glorious

funky

fine

POSH English » English

port out starboard home

Topics posh topics

What do people use posh to talk about?

Social behavior Relationships Neighbor

Social class

• What words refer to a person belonging to a higher class?
  upper class aristocracy privileged elite titled posh your betters rich

Examples posh examples

How do I use posh in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He's a posh toff.

Movie subtitles

Pish-posh.

Posh, innit?

Do you know what I'd do if I had the whip hand? I'd get all the coppers, governors, posh whores, army officers, and members of Parliament, and stick them up against this wall and let them have it, because that's what they'd like to do to blokes like us.

This is a posh place.

Yes, posh.

I never went to a posh school.

That boy. going to a posh school and. his parents having money.

But you talk posh.

Oh, we don't half talk posh, do we?

Don't come here with that posh talk you nasty, stuck-up twit.

This is some posh place.

Just look at this, posh, what.

We're not posh enough for him, that's what.

It's just that he's a bit posh and prissy.

Posh, you and your theories.

They came back to Paris, and were nabbed trying to burgle some posh villas.

A posh fellow with a moustache.

In this rather posh club, you'll see a group of men argue a somewhat metaphysical subject like time travel.

Sounds like a pretty posh neighborhood to me!

Try to act with a bit of decorum. This is a posh place.

You mean that posh bird who gets everything wrong?

Posh umbrella with a little brass band around it.

By a small Scotsman with good shoes and a posh umbrella?

It's the posh life for us all now, my boy.

Hidden behind him, Yappie, our legal counselor and the posh Duke.

Look, posh Mr. Holleck.

Pish-posh. That's nothing.

It's posh.

I never smuggled into Warsaw, nor was I seen at posh cafes.

Come along then, come on! This is some posh place.

He was shocked because you used. rude words in a posh accent.

I ran into this very posh gentleman.

We've got our own still, but we're not so posh.

DRIVER: Bit posh, like? -Hmm.

That posh bird?

A posh boat he has too.

I was working as a piano player. in a posh, international- style restaurant. high up in one of those high-rise hotels. with a superlative view of Paris.