Entry Word: cheap

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 costing little <e-mail is so popular because itʼs a cheap way to send messages>

Synonyms cut-rate, inexpensive, low, reasonable

Related Words moderate, popular; discounted, lowered, reduced; wholesale

Near Antonyms precious, priceless, valuable; increased, inflated

Antonyms costly, dear, expensive, high, premium

2 of low quality <a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it>

Synonyms bad, bum, cheesy, coarse, common, cut-rate, execrable, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched

Related Words useless, valueless, worthless; flashy, garish, gaudy, meretricious, showy, tawdry; seedy, shabby, tacky; counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham

Near Antonyms elegant, handsome, tasteful; handcrafted, polished, refined

Antonyms excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, high-grade, superior, top-notch

3 giving or sharing as little as possible <a cheap coworker who never contributes to the collections taken up in the office> — see stingy 1