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

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 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

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

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