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cut-rate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of cut-rate

1 costing little

opted for a cut-rate insurance policy because we didn't need anything more

Synonyms of cut-rate

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

Words Related to cut-rate

cheapish, moderate

discount, discounted, fire-sale, lowered, reduced

valueless, worthless

supercheap, ultracheap

Near Antonyms of cut-rate

increased, inflated

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

invaluable, priceless

Antonyms of cut-rate

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

2 of low quality

a cut-rate motel that looked like the kind at which people in horror movies always end up

Synonyms of cut-rate

bad, bargain-basement, bum, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], el cheapo, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock (or schlocky), second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched

Words Related to cut-rate

useless, valueless, worthless

indifferent, lackluster, second-class

brummagem, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry

seedy, shabby, tacky

counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham

supercheap, ultracheap

Near Antonyms of cut-rate

elegant, handsome, tasteful

handcrafted, polished, refined

Antonyms of cut-rate

excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, high-grade, superior, top-notch

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