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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 |
adverb + (adj.)cheap
artificially, comparatively, considerably, fast, incredibly, lot, relatively
(adj.)cheap
+ adverb
abroad, easy, overseas, quick, readily, safer
(adj.)cheap
+ noun
alternative,
aluminum,
bastard,
beer,
brand,
cigar,
coal,
commodity,
competitor,
electricity,
fare,
fix,
fuel,
gas,
gasoline,
handgun,
hotel,
housing,
imitation,
import,
jewelry,
junk,
labor,
laugh,
liquor,
motel,
oil,
perfume,
plastic,
price,
rent,
rental,
seat,
shot,
substitute,
suit,
supermarket,
thrill,
ticket,
transportation,
trick,
vodka,
wage,
whiskey,
wine
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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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