Cheap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈt͡ʃiːp/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cheap is an adjective meaning Low or reduced in price.
Meaning
Low or reduced in price.
More Meanings
- Of poor quality.
- Of little worth.
- (informal, chiefly derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.
- (finance) Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
- (computing) Taking little of system time or resources.
- (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhanded or unfair.
- (obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
Example Sentences
You grow cheap in every subject's eye.
The cheapest antiager around: a good moisturizer.
the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocks
Where there are many sellers and few purchases, land will be cheap.
Word Forms
- cheaper
- cheapest
- cheaps
- cheaping
- cheaped
Synonyms for cheap
Depending on context, synonyms include bargainous, budget, cheapie, cheapo, cheesy, competitive.
Antonyms for cheap
Common opposites include affordable, expensive, dear, costly, pricey, big-ticket.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bargain, catchpenny, affordable, meretricious, cut-price, cut-rate.
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