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cheapest |
Overview of adj cheap The adj cheap has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (9) cheap, inexpensive -- (relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants") 2. (1) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments") 3. (1) bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny -- ((informal) of very poor quality) 4. cheap, chinchy, chintzy -- (embarrassingly stingy) Antonyms of adj cheap 4 senses of cheap Sense 1 cheap (vs. expensive), inexpensive expensive (vs. cheap) => big-ticket(postnominal), high-ticket(postnominal) => costly, dear(prenominal), high-priced, pricey, pricy => dearly-won, costly => overpriced Sense 2 brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy INDIRECT (VIA tasteless) -> tasteful, in good taste Sense 3 bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior Sense 4 cheap, chinchy, chintzy INDIRECT (VIA stingy) -> generous Similarity of adj cheap 4 senses of cheap Sense 1 cheap (vs. expensive), inexpensive => bargain, cut-rate(postnominal), cut-price(postnominal) => bargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-price => catchpenny(postnominal) => dirt cheap => low-cost, low-priced, affordable => nickel-and-dime(postnominal) => sixpenny, threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny Sense 2 brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy => tasteless (vs. tasteful), in poor taste(prenominal) Sense 3 bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny => inferior (vs. superior) Sense 4 cheap, chinchy, chintzy => stingy (vs. generous), ungenerous Attributes of adj cheap Familiarity of adj cheap cheap used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj cheap cheap cheapjack dirt cheap Overview of adj cheap The adj cheap has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (9) cheap, inexpensive -- (relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants") 2. (1) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments") 3. (1) bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny -- ((informal) of very poor quality) 4. cheap, chinchy, chintzy -- (embarrassingly stingy)
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