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cheaper

ADJECTIVE

inexpensive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

competitive economical low-cost low-priced reasonable

WEAK

at a bargain bargain bargain-basement bargain-counter bought for a song budget buy cheapo cost next to nothing cut-price cut-rate depreciated dime a dozen easy on the pocketbook half-priced irregular low tariff lowered marked down moderate nominal on sale popularly priced real buy reduced sale slashed standard steal uncostly undear utility worth the money

Antonyms

STRONGEST

expensive unreasonable

WEAK

costly dear excellent noble precious priceless sophisticated superior upper valuable worthy

ADJECTIVE

inferior, low in quality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bad poor

WEAK

base bogus catchpenny cheesy common commonplace crappy cruddy dud flashy garbage garish glitzy junky lousy mangy mean mediocre meretricious no bargain no good ordinary paltry ratty raunchy rinky-dink rotten rubbishy scroungy second-rate shoddy sleazy small-time tatty tawdry terrible trashy trumpery two-bit valueless white elephant worthless

Antonyms

WEAK

costly dear excellent expensive noble precious priceless sophisticated superior upper valuable worthy

ADJECTIVE

low, vulgar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dirty

WEAK

abject base beggarly contemptible despicable dishonest mean pitiable scurvy shabby sordid sorry tawdry vile

Antonyms

WEAK

costly dear excellent expensive noble precious priceless sophisticated superior upper valuable worthy

ADJECTIVE

concerned with saving money

Synonyms

STRONGEST

tight

WEAK

mean mingy miserly penny-pinching stingy thrifty tight-wad

Antonyms

WEAK

costly dear excellent expensive noble precious priceless sophisticated superior upper valuable worthy

Example Sentences

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In 2019, a self-described "caravan" of Americans bused to Canada to purchase cheaper insulin for type 1 diabetes - and to protest the costs in the US for the life-saving medication.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new low-temperature approach to hydrogen production that could make the clean fuel cheaper and more practical to generate.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Economist Ronald Coase in 1937 argued that firms exist because it is cheaper to produce some things in-house than to buy them on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Lululemon and Vuori also face additional competition from cheaper dupes of items like leggings and tops.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

Key West was so broke that they let the inmates go home for supper because it was cheaper.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm