high-end
adjCA, US, UK /ˈhaɪˌɛnd/ · AU /ˈhɑeˌend/
1
Most sophisticated or expensive.
- I wouldn't put a high-end stereo in your car in this neighborhood if I were you.
- Havertz oozed class on the ball, looking every inch the high-end addition, while City knew that they had to find a way past N’Golo Kanté before they got at Chelsea’s miserly backline, which absorbed the loss of Thiago Silva to injury on 38 minutes.2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian:
2
Appealing to sophisticated or discerning tastes.
- She shops at discount department stores, but looks as if she patronized high-end boutiques.
- Synonyms
- bleeding edge, state of the art, top-end, top-of-the-range
- Derived terms
- high-endness
- Related terms
- middle-end