Synonyms for cheesy
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sleazy — cheap, of poor quality
sleazy, cheap, crummy informal, chintzy, trashy, sad, punk, low-quality, pathetic, second-rate, third-rate, tinny, bum, inferior, lousy, low-grade, mean, shoddy, low, poor, tatty, low-end
2. Corny — overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived
corny, hokey informal US, tacky, overdone, icky informal, played out
3. Cheesen — resembling or containing cheese
cheeselike, caseic, cheesen rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Resembling or containing cheese.
a cheesy flavor; cheesy nachos
- adj. 2
Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
a cheesy song; a cheesy movie
- adj. 3
Cheap, of poor quality.
Related words
- Word family
- cheesiness cheesylicious
- Phrases
- cheesy puff cheesy chips
- Other spellings
- cheesey
Example sentences
- cheap It is cheap, but on the other hand it is not good.
- trashy David is too trashy for Amanda.
- sleazy Tom's a sleazy letch, and he gives Mary the creeps.
- corny Mary's the only one who laughs at Tom's corny jokes.
- tacky I don't like boxer shorts very much. They're tacky.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1, sad1, bum1
- 4 letters
- mean1, poor1, punk1, icky
- 5 letters
- cheap1, lousy2, corny2, tacky2, hokey2, tinny2, tatty2
- 6 letters
- trashy2, sleazy2, shoddy2, crummy2, caseic
- 7 letters
- chintzy2, cheesen
- 8 letters
- pathetic3, inferior4, overdone3
- 10 letters
- cheeselike
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy2 = 2 syllables).