HyperDic: cheap

English > 4 senses of the word cheap:
ADJECTIVEallcheap, inexpensiverelatively low in price or charging low prices
allcheap, brassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashytastelessly showy
allcheap, bum, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinnyof very poor quality
allcheap, chinchy, chintzyembarrassingly stingy
cheap > pronunciation
Soundschiy'p
Rhymesasleep ... weep: 22 rhymes with iyp...
English > cheap: 4 senses > adjective 1
Meaningrelatively low in price or charging low prices.
Example"it would have been cheap at twice the price"
Synonyminexpensive
Narrowerbargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-pricecosting less than standard price
catchpennydesigned to sell quickly without concern for quality
dirt cheapVery cheap
low-budgetmade on or suited to a limited budget
low-cost, low-priced, affordableThat you have the financial means for
nickel-and-dimeLow-paying
sixpenny, threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpennyOf trifling worth
OppositeexpensiveHigh in price or charging high prices
Spanishasequible, barata, barato, económica, económico
Catalanbarat, econòmic
Nounscheapnessa price / price below the standard price / price
Adverbscheaplywith little expenditure of money
cheaplyin a cheap manner
English > cheap: 4 senses > adjective 2
Meaningtastelessly showy.
Synonymsbrassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
Broadertastelesslacking aesthetic or social taste
Spanishchillón, estridente, hortera, llamativo, vistoso, vulgar
Catalancridaner, estrident, llampant, vulgar
Nounscheapnesstastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
English > cheap: 4 senses > adjective 3
MeaningOf very poor quality; flimsy.
Synonymsbum, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny
BroaderinferiorOf low or inferior quality
Usage ofcolloquialismA colloquial expression
Spanishbarato, caseoso, chungo, malo
Catalanfotut
Nounscheapnesstastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
English > cheap: 4 senses > adjective 4
Meaningembarrassingly stingy.
Synonymschinchy, chintzy
Broaderstingy, ungenerousUnwilling to spend
Spanishgarrapo
Nounscheapnesstastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Adverbscheaplyin a stingy manner

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