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Synonyms for cheapo

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

piker skinflint tack ticky-tack

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

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

cheapie informal, tightwad informal, piker, skinflint

2. Tack — something produced and sold for low cost

tack, ticky-tack

Adjective

cheap, el cheapo slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who is stingy, a miser.

  2. n. 2

    Something produced and sold for low cost.

  3. adj. 1

    Inexpensive and of poor quality.

    They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.

Related words

Phrases
el cheapo

Forms

Plural
cheapos → cheapies, tightwads, pikers, skinflints…

Example sentences

  • piker Panama is a piker compared to Fifth Avenue.
  • skinflint That skinflint, he never offers to pay!
  • tack I decided to take a different tack with my students.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cheaporising
pikersteady
skinflintrising
tackrising

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

By length

4 letters
tack1
5 letters
cheap1, piker2
7 letters
cheapie
8 letters
tightwad2
9 letters
skinflint2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (piker2 = 2 syllables).