Synonyms of cheapness

cheapness

noun

as in economy

the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money

his chronic cheapness is such that he never takes vacations or replaces old, worn-out household goods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• economy
• economizing
• stinginess
• saving
• tightness
• miserliness
• parsimony
• providence
• pinching
• closeness
• frugality
• penuriousness
• penny-pinching
• managing
• thrift
• conservation
• conserving
• cheeseparing
• husbanding
• tightfistedness
• skimping
• husbandry
• scrimping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• generosity
• liberality
• unselfishness
• extravagance
• bounty
• philanthropy
• largesse
• lavishness
• dissipation
• wastefulness
• bountifulness
• openhandedness
• prodigality
• openheartedness
• improvidence
• squandering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cheapness

In this way, simple cheapness becomes the rationale for pumping yet more carbon emissions into the atmosphere to import lumber produced through the destruction of overseas forests. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

The cheapness of a people for whom other peoples’ lives are cheap. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

The apparent cheapness of the stock has been an object of frequent commentary. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 27 May 2026

The airlines’ cheapness is less a weakness and more, the product. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

The paper also noted that beans, owing to their relative cheapness, have a stigmatizing association with poverty. — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026

Not least among these is their relative cheapness compared to manned systems, combined with their expendability. — New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026

What once telegraphed cheapness now confers extreme value. — The Editors, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025

Also important to note, diversity is not the same thing as accessibility, and neither are inherently tied to cheapness. — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025