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Definitions

cheap

[cheep] / tʃip /
ADJECTIVE
inexpensive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
competitive economical low-cost low-priced reasonable
WEAK
at a bargain bargain bargain-basement bargain-counter bought for a song budget buy cheapo cost next to nothing cut-price cut-rate depreciated dime a dozen easy on the pocketbook half-priced irregular low tariff lowered marked down moderate nominal on sale popularly priced real buy reduced sale slashed standard steal uncostly undear utility worth the money
Antonyms
STRONGEST
expensive unreasonable
WEAK
costly dear precious priceless valuable
ADJECTIVE
inferior, low in quality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bad poor
WEAK
base bogus catchpenny cheesy common commonplace crappy cruddy dud flashy garbage garish glitzy junky lousy mangy mean mediocre meretricious no bargain no good ordinary paltry ratty raunchy rinky-dink rotten rubbishy scroungy second-rate shoddy sleazy small-time tatty tawdry terrible trashy trumpery two-bit valueless white elephant worthless
Antonyms
WEAK
excellent noble precious priceless sophisticated superior valuable
ADJECTIVE
low, vulgar
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dirty
WEAK
abject base beggarly contemptible despicable dishonest mean pitiable scurvy shabby sordid tawdry vile
ADJECTIVE
concerned with saving money
Synonyms
STRONGEST
tight
WEAK
mean mingy miserly penny-pinching stingy thrifty tight-wad

Example Sentences

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This strategy “will not come cheap for Apple,” Goldberg warned, noting that Apple’s product gross margin could sink to the low-30% range from the high-30% range seen a year ago.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Those plans need time to scale and won’t be cheap.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Deep-pocketed investors also started pouring in, looking for cheap properties to flip or rent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Barron’s has argued that the industry erred by setting up private and public funds because it gives investors incentive to swap from private to public when the public funds get cheap.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Their trade now seemed to them ridiculously obvious—it was as if they had bought cheap fire insurance on a house engulfed in flames.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.