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- [cheep]
- /tʃip/
- /tʃiːp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [cheep]
- /tʃip/
Definitions of cheap word
- adjective cheap Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected. 3
- adjective cheap If you describe goods as cheap, you mean they cost less money than similar products but their quality is poor. 3
- adjective cheap If you describe the cost of someone's work as cheap, you disapprove of the way people are taking advantage of a situation to pay someone less than they should for the work that they do. 3
- adjective cheap If you describe someone's remarks or actions as cheap, you mean that they are unkindly or insincerely using a situation to benefit themselves or to harm someone else. 3
- adjective cheap If you describe someone as cheap, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. 3
- adjective cheap costing relatively little; inexpensive; good value 3
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Origin of cheap
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English cheep (short for phrases, as good cheep cheap, literally, good bargain), Old English cēap bargain, market, trade; cognate with German Kauf, Old Norse kaup; all < Latin caupō innkeeper, tradesman; see chapman
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Parts of speech for Cheap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cheap popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cheap usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cheap
adj cheap
- low-cost — able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- competitive — Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or firms compete with each other.
- economical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
adverb cheap
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- cheaply — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- advantageously — providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty.
- at a discount — below the regular price
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
adjective cheap
- economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- discounted — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- substandard — below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
- shameful — causing shame: shameful behavior.
Antonyms for cheap
adj cheap
- valuable — having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
- worthy — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- costly — If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
- dear — You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for.