cheap
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- pronunciation:
- chip
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
cheaper, cheapest |
| definition 1: |
When something in a store is cheap, it has a low price. You don't need much money to buy it.
The potatoes were cheap, so my dad bought a lot of them.- synonyms:
- reasonable
- antonyms:
- dear, expensive, valuable
- similar words:
- discounted
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| definition 2: |
When a store is cheap, it charges low prices.
I like this store because it's cheap, but it still sells good things.- synonyms:
- reasonable
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| definition 3: |
When something is of poor quality, it is cheap.
Those cheap shoes will probably break or get holes in them soon.- similar words:
- inferior, low, mean, poor, sorry
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| definition 4: |
When someone is cheap, they don't want to spend much money.
My brother has plenty of money, but he is too cheap to buy a nice present for our grandma. I'm going to buy her something nice!- antonyms:
- generous
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| related words: |
reasonable |
| derivations: |
cheaply (adv.), cheapness (n.) |
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