Synonyms of cheap

cheap

adjective

ˈchēp 

1

as in inexpensive

costing little

e-mail is so popular because it's a cheap way to send messages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inexpensive
• affordable
• reasonable
• popular
• low
• low-end
• cheapie
• chintzy
• budget
• dirt cheap
• cheapo
• dime-store
• discounted
• discount
• cut-price
• worthless
• cut-rate
• reduced
• bargain-basement
• wholesale
• el cheapo
• cheapish
• moderate
• lowered
• valueless
• supercheap
• fire-sale
• ultracheap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expensive
• valuable
• high
• costly
• pricey
• precious
• premium
• dear
• deluxe
• inflated
• spendy
• exorbitant
• unreasonable
• extravagant
• increased
• prohibitive
• steep
• high-ticket
• stiff
• invaluable
• overpriced
• priceless
• luxurious
• superexpensive
• prohibitory
• ultraexpensive

2

as in terrible

of low quality

a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terrible
• poor
• inferior
• bad
• rotten
• coarse
• common
• worthless
• useless
• shoddy
• mediocre
• crappy
• low-grade
• wretched
• rubbishy
• low-rent
• cheesy
• trashy
• bum
• junky
• miserable
• second-rate
• lousy
• counterfeit
• fake
• sleazy
• execrable
• cut-rate
• cheapjack
• gimcrack
• bargain-basement
• trumpery
• schlock
• valueless
• el cheapo
• tawdry
• gaudy
• flashy
• lackluster
• showy
• kitschy
• meretricious
• garish
• shabby
• indifferent
• second-class
• glitzy
• tacky
• ostentatious
• kitsch
• swank
• splashy
• seedy
• supercheap
• phony
• sham
• ultracheap
• brummagem

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• good
• excellent
• superior
• fine
• first-class
• high-grade
• elegant
• handsome
• first-rate
• tasteful
• top-notch
• polished
• refined
• handcrafted

3

as in stingy

giving or sharing as little as possible

a cheap coworker who never contributes to the collections taken up in the office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stingy
• selfish
• tight
• chintzy
• greedy
• economical
• miserly
• parsimonious
• ungenerous
• careful
• close
• tightfisted
• mean
• spare
• penurious
• pinching
• desirous
• small
• penny-pinching
• mingy
• sparing
• uncharitable
• conserving
• thrifty
• pinchpenny
• closefisted
• frugal
• stinting
• saving
• shabby
• mercenary
• hoggish
• economizing
• avaricious
• acquisitive
• sordid
• chary
• covetous
• skimping
• itchy
• rapacious
• avid
• grudging
• envious
• grasping
• inhospitable
• resentful
• scrimping
• begrudging
• coveting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• generous
• liberal
• charitable
• free
• bountiful
• munificent
• bounteous
• extravagant
• openhanded
• unselfish
• altruistic
• unsparing
• lavish
• handsome
• unstinting
• selfless
• overgenerous
• hospitable
• profuse
• benevolent
• beneficent
• freehanded
• philanthropic
• humanitarian
• magnanimous
• compassionate
• kindly
• wasteful
• unthrifty
• openhearted
• wasting
• profligate
• spendthrift
• good-hearted
• prodigal
• greathearted
• dissipating
• thriftless
• squandering
• splurging
• frittering

4

as in lame

arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust

that was a cheap thing to say to someone who never did you any harm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lame
• pitiful
• dirty
• nasty
• wretched
• mean
• disgusting
• hateful
• lousy
• deplorable
• contemptible
• sorry
• vile
• grubby
• paltry
• despicable
• pitiable
• scabby
• ratty
• sneaking
• cruddy
• scurvy
• scummy
• abominable
• disgraceful
• shameful
• odious
• loathsome
• detestable
• shabby
• abhorrent
• repulsive
• disreputable
• repugnant
• revolting
• execrable
• dishonorable
• condemnable
• ignominious
• low
• discreditable
• sordid
• ignoble
• squalid
• base
• unscrupulous
• craven
• reprehensible
• cowardly
• reptilian
• unprincipled
• unethical
• revulsive
• dastardly
• censurable
• blamable
• reproachable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• admirable
• creditable
• commendable
• laudable
• meritorious
• praiseworthy
• honest
• reputable
• honorable
• noble
• good
• upright
• scrupulous
• principled
• right
• redoubtable
• moral
• ethical
• virtuous
• righteous
• high-minded
• right-minded

5

as in easy

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• easy
• simple
• smooth
• ready
• quick
• painless
• straightforward
• soft
• effortless
• facile
• light
• royal
• snap
• fluid
• fluent
• downhill
• uncomplicated
• hands-down
• obvious
• mindless
• transparent
• plain
• unchallenging
• clear
• idiotproof
• unambiguous
• unmistakable
• evident
• distinct
• apparent
• patent
• unequivocal
• clear-cut
• manifest
• open-and-shut
• palpable
• perspicuous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• difficult
• hard
• tough
• stiff
• severe
• killer
• laborious
• rough
• formidable
• strenuous
• arduous
• exacting
• murderous
• demanding
• painful
• troublesome
• grueling
• labored
• toilsome
• herculean
• onerous
• burdensome
• oppressive
• stressful
• exhausting
• complex
• complicated
• problematic
• toilful
• intricate
• involved
• abstruse
• taxing
• recondite
• knotty

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cheap

There are cheaper options to sit in other parts of the building where there are massive screens that will remind you guys of ESPN Zone, but on steroids. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

The committee cites a number of causes for this beyond the obvious geopolitical ones, like a change in the way the government awards subsidies that has negatively impacted cheaper vehicles. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 Oct. 2026

Finally, big hospital systems can fight back even when engaged employers try to steer patients to cheaper providers. — Tony Lo Sasso, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026

Aneha thinks Cam is a cheap schmuck, and Cam constantly looks like someone behind the camera has an AK-47 pointed at him. — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing cheap

• dirt cheap