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Synonyms for cheapie

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

cheap skate skinflint niggard slop tack

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Cheapo — A person who is stingy, a miser

cheap skate, skinflint, niggard, cheapo slang, el cheapo slang

2. Hunk of junk — an item of poor quality

hunk of junk informal UK US, garbage US AU CA, slop, gash vulgar slang UK

3. Tawdry — an item which is inexpensive

tack, ticky-tack, tawdry dated

Adjective

low-cost, poor man's, daddocky UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An item which is inexpensive.

  2. n. 2

    An item of poor quality.

  3. n. 3

    A person who is stingy, a miser.

  4. adj. 1

    Cheap; inferior.

Related words

Other spellings
cheapy

Forms

Plural
cheapies → skinflints, niggards, cheapos, slops…

Example sentences

  • skinflint That skinflint, he never offers to pay!
  • niggard Many people considered him a niggard.
  • tack I decided to take a different tack with my students.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cheapierising
skinflintrising
niggardsteady
slopsteady
tackrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
tack1, gash1, slop1
6 letters
tawdry2, cheapo2
7 letters
garbage2, niggard2
8 letters
daddocky
9 letters
skinflint2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tawdry2 = 2 syllables).