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chintzy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of chintzy

1 costing little

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

affordable, bargain-basement, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, cut-price [chiefly British], cut-rate, dime-store, dirt cheap, el cheapo, inexpensive, low, low-end, popular, reasonable
Words Related to chintzy

cheapish, moderate

discount, discounted, fire-sale, lowered, reduced

wholesale

valueless, worthless

supercheap, ultracheap
Near Antonyms of chintzy

increased, inflated

exorbitant, extravagant, overpriced, prohibitive, prohibitory, steep, stiff, superexpensive, ultraexpensive, unreasonable

invaluable, priceless

luxurious
Antonyms of chintzy

costly, dear, deluxe, expensive, high, high-ticket, precious, premium, pricey (also pricy), spendy [chiefly Northwest], valuable

2 giving or sharing as little as possible

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

cheap, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
Words Related to chintzy

careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordid

begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful

inhospitable
Near Antonyms of chintzy

altruistic, selfless, unselfish

extravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse

beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)

compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted

thriftless, unthrifty

dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting
Antonyms of chintzy

bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting

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