Synonyms for cheap

Adjective

1. cheap (vs. expensive), inexpensive, bargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-price, catchpenny(prenominal), dirt cheap, low-budget, low-cost, low-priced, affordable, nickel-and-dime(prenominal), sixpenny, threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny
usage: relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy, tasteless (vs. tasteful), in poor taste(predicate)
usage: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
3. bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny, inferior (vs. superior)
usage: of very poor quality
4. cheap, chinchy, chintzy, stingy (vs. generous), ungenerous
usage: embarrassingly stingy
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