Synonyms and Antonyms of cheap
1
costing little - E-mail is so popular because it's a cheap way to send messages.
affordable, bargain-basement, budget, cheapie, cheapo, chintzy, cut-rate, inexpensive, low, low-end, popular, reasonable
increased, inflated
exorbitant, extravagant, overpriced, prohibitive, prohibitory, steep, stiff, superexpensive, ultraexpensive, unreasonable
invaluable, priceless
luxurious
2
of low quality - a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it
bad, bargain-basement, bum, cheapjack, cheesy, coarse, common, cut-rate, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock (or schlocky), second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched
useless, valueless, worthless
indifferent, lackluster, second-class
flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry
seedy, shabby, tacky
counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham
supercheap, ultracheap
3
giving or sharing as little as possible - a cheap coworker who never contributes to the collections taken up in the office
chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty
acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, mercenary, rapacious
begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful
inhospitable
altruistic, selfless, unselfish
extravagant, lavish, overgenerous, profuse
beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)
compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted
thriftless, unthrifty
dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting
4
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust - That was a cheap thing to say to someone who never did you any harm.
contemptible, deplorable, despicable, dirty, grubby, lame, lousy, mean, nasty, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, scabby, scummy, scurvy, sneaking, sorry, wretched
abhorrent, abominable, condemnable, detestable, execrable, hateful, loathsome, odious
disgusting, reptilian, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, revulsive
discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, shameful
base, ignoble, low, shabby, sordid, squalid, vile
blamable, censurable, reprehensible, reproachable
cowardly, craven, dastardly
unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous
high-minded, honest, honorable, noble, principled, redoubtable, reputable, right-minded, scrupulous, upright
ethical, good, moral, right, righteous, virtuous
5
involving minimal difficulty or effort - The boxer's early bouts were cheap wins, but now he's moving up to the top ranks of boxing.
downhill, easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, hands-down, light, painless, ready, royal, simple, smooth, snap, soft
idiotproof, mindless, quick, straightforward, unchallenging, uncomplicated
apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
burdensome, exhausting, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful, taxing, troublesome
abstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, problematic (also problematical), recondite
arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, herculean, killer, labored, laborious, murderous, rough, severe, stiff, strenuous, toilful, toilsome, tough
