tony

Posh and fashionable

Tony means fashionable, stylish, or upscale, often with a hint of pretension: a tony neighborhood, a tony private school.

The word carries a slightly ironic edge, suggesting expensive tastes or social climbing.

More common in American than British English.

They dined at a tony restaurant downtown. (Capitalized Tony is a given name.)

upscale

posh

Stylishly luxurious

exclusive · high-end · luxurious · elegant · sophisticated · chic · classy · stylish · fashionable · prestigious

Categories
Opposites
social class/exclusivity

tonydownmarket

Inferior quality, low price

shabby · seedy · low-class · common · déclassé

stylishness/fashion

tonydowdy

Unstylish in appearance

frumpy · unstylish · frumpish · unfashionable · inelegant

expense/luxury

tonycheap

Low in price

budget · bargain-basement · cut-rate · low-rent · economy

Phrases
Family

tone, intonation, intone, atone, tonal, toneless, tonality, intoning, atonal

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G