Synonyms of chintzy

chintzy

adjective

ˈchin(t)-sē 

1

as in cheap

costing little

for the party I want chintzy plates that we can throw away afterward

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in careful

giving or sharing as little as possible

her husband can be pretty chintzy when it comes to buying gifts for others

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chintzy

These feel ornate but not stuffy, floral but not chintzy. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026

That’s before Morgan steals a necklace from a chintzy gift shop run by a Turkish gangster named Yusuf, who proceeds to kidnap the pair, intimidate them at gunpoint, and threaten their family, forcing them to perform an array of odd jobs to make up for the petty theft. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026

There are precious few nooks and cubby holes and the one cup holder is chintzy, but the center door will hold your phone. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2026

The word chintzy, meaning cheap or gaudy, first appears in a letter written by the English Victorian novelist George Eliot to her sister in 1851. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026