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cheap
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- pronunciation:
- chip
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
cheaper, cheapest |
| definition 1: |
bearing a low price; relatively inexpensive.
Gasoline was cheap in the 1960s, and big cars that used a lot of gasoline were popular.- synonyms:
- inexpensive, low-priced, reasonable
- antonyms:
- costly, dear, deluxe, expensive, extravagant, valuable
- similar words:
- cut-rate, discounted, economical
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| definition 2: |
charging low prices.
I like that store because it's relatively cheap.- synonyms:
- inexpensive, low-priced, reasonable
- antonyms:
- expensive
- similar words:
- cut-rate
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| definition 3: |
of inferior quality; shoddy.
Cheap clothing wears out quickly.- synonyms:
- base, cheesy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tatty
- antonyms:
- elegant, magnificent
- similar words:
- chintzy, inferior, low, mean, meretricious, poor, second-rate, sorry, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, trashy
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| definition 4: |
not conforming to high moral standards; sleazy.
They're part of a cheap nightclub act.- synonyms:
- base, low, sleazy, trashy
- antonyms:
- refined, tasteful, virtuous
- similar words:
- gaudy, shabby, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar
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| definition 5: |
not requiring much care or effort.
Talk is cheap--we must act!- synonyms:
- easy
- similar words:
- effortless
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| definition 6: |
ashamed; embarrassed.
He felt cheap about living rent-free at his girlfriend's apartment.- synonyms:
- abashed, ashamed, embarrassed
- similar words:
- degraded, dismayed, guilty, humiliated, mortified, uncomfortable
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| definition 7: |
unwilling to spend much money; stingy.
He was too cheap to buy a new suit for his daughter's wedding, so he wore his old one that was faded and too tight.- synonyms:
- cheeseparing, close-fisted, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted
- antonyms:
- generous
- similar words:
- begrudging, chary, grasping, penurious, scrimping, skimpy, stinting
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| related words: |
churlish, common, dowdy, inexpensive, parsimonious, profane, reasonable, stingy |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
cheaper, cheapest |
| definition: |
at a low price; cheaply.
I sold my car cheap.- synonyms:
- inexpensively
- antonyms:
- deluxe
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| derivations: |
cheaply (adv.), cheapness (n.) |
Are you looking for the word cheep (a chirping sound)? Cheap and cheep sound alike but have different meanings.
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