Cheap meaning

What does “cheap” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“cheap” is an adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: relatively low in price or charging low prices.

cheap

relatively low in price or charging low prices
“it would have been cheap at twice the price”
“inexpensive family restaurants”
Synonymsinexpensive
Oppositesexpensive
tastelessly showy
“a flash car”
“a flashy ring”
Synonymsbrassy flash flashy garish gaudy gimcrack loud meretricious
of very poor quality; flimsy
Synonymsbum cheesy chintzy crummy punk sleazy tinny
embarrassingly stingy
Synonymschinchy chintzy

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University