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

This new Cannon offering, filled with chintzy special effects, a ludicrous story line and campy performances, will likely bore adults but have the kiddies clamoring for more. — Jeffrey Ressner, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026

These are not pretty, chintzy designs referencing a pastoral idyll. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

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