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

That pushed Netflix into pursuing other initiatives including selling cheaper subscriptions with ads, cracking down on password sharing and offering games on its service. — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Some later returned to cheaper foam, but the reputational damage to polystyrene was hard to roll back. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

How Freedom Fuel is subsidizing the cost of its cheap gas is unclear. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026

Sticker books are cheap at the dollar store and easy to pack. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 15 July 2026

Phrases Containing cheap

• dirt cheap