CHINTZY Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

chintzy

adjective

ˈchin(t)-sē

Definition of chintzy

as in cheap

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

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as in careful

giving or sharing as little as possible her husband can be pretty chintzy when it comes to buying gifts for others

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Recent Examples of chintzy The sounds are chintzy and soaked in reverb, like a mawkish ’80s ballad rewritten from memory, and the whole thing slowly falls apart and fades out like an old track by the Field. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026 This isn't your chintzy golf club with lawn chairs and marble fountains. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for chintzy

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Adjective

The experience highlighted a central problem in warship procurement; selecting an existing design does not necessarily guarantee faster or cheaper construction if the customer substantially changes its architecture.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
The commercial space industry looked forward to abundant, cheap launches.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheap

Adjective

Along with potentially leeching microplastics into your food, plastic food storage containers absorb stains, odors, and flavors, and many require careful hand-washing to prevent them from warping.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2026
Gallery visitors were careful not to step on the sprawling assemblage of photographs, drawings and artifacts scattered across the floor.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of careful

Adjective

The challenge is integrating these capabilities into a defense that can quickly identify threats, select an appropriate response, and avoid wasting expensive interceptors on inexpensive drones.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
This inexpensive bulk box will last you for many flights to come.

— Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of inexpensive

Adjective

Also on Weekend Update, James Austin Johnson portrayed a selfish Kevin O’Leary, the Shark Tank investor who is backing a massive data center campus in northwest Utah.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
That’s also how Violet is thinking about their portrayal of Maureen, whose eccentric performance art and selfish behavior often give the character a bad rap.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of selfish

Adjective

Almost all the controls were electronic buttons, and the dashboard was entirely digital—two ideas that sound reasonable today but were nightmarishly complex in the mid-1970s.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
The gap between the goal and the day becomes so wide that quitting feels reasonable.

— JJ Mazzo, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of reasonable

Adjective

When not making inflammatory political statements, United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe is committed to a miserly mantra of cost-saving prudence.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The plot involves two sons of rich, miserly fathers in love with girls their fathers will never approve of and what happens when the fathers’ devious servants decide to give the boys a hand.

— Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026

Definition of miserly

Adjective

The engine aims to support smaller munitions and unmanned aircraft that need affordable propulsion.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Seniors deserve affordable prescriptions, clear information, and reliable access to care.

— L. Prather McKinnon, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of affordable

Adjective

In my own cautionary tale, Sister needs redemption as much as Scrooge does; events of the past have made her bitter, ungenerous, and generally no fun to be around.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Despite recent increases, the state pension is relatively ungenerous, though Britons do have good private pensions.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of ungenerous

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