cheap
- adjective
- /tʃiːp/
- I am too cheap to buy really expensive ice cream.
- too cheap
Don't you know that for Sale by owners are mean, cheap and crazy?
- Don't you know that for Sale by owners are mean, cheap and crazy?
- Even when they have plenty of money can be very, very cheap, you know, miserly.
- But we we shouldn't be cheap or stingy when it, when it comes to that.
- So being cheap with attorneys is really, really foolish.
- Hell, let's let's go as far as he can be cheap, all right?
Examples
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I know how cheap you are.
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"You were too cheap to take a cab, and look where you've got us!
Academic text (2002) -
And you and I both know that Bob is way too cheap to take a trip to Europe, come on now.
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I tend to be kind of cheap with my books, Smart.
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Because deep down, cheap people don't really think it's a problem.
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All right, Valentina, take your cheap self somewhere else.
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I'm just saying guys, I'm cheap so so I like a bargain.
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Damn, Sal, you're cheap, man.
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He goes, well, it's not that I'm cheap, I'm selective.
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He's so cheap that he won't even buy a birthday gift for his best friend.
Synonyms
Unwilling to spend money
Not willing to spend money or give help to others
Not willing to spend or give money even when they have enough
A person who is unwilling to spend money and avoids buying things
A person who does not like to spend money
Not willing to spend money
Unwilling to spend money, even for small things
Not willing to spend money or share costs
Not willing to spend money, even for small things
Not willing to spend money even when they have it
Not willing to spend or share money
Unwilling to give money or things
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A low-cost fake of a brand-name item that looks like the real thing but is lower quality
- Offensive
A day, usually Tuesday, when cinemas and other places sell tickets at lower prices
How Stingy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cheap comes from the old English ceap for 'bargain', and people began to call someone who always wants the lowest price 'cheap' in the sense of not wanting to spend money. So, cheap can mean 'stingy' or unwilling to pay more.