English Explanatory Dictionary

cheapo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Inexpensive and of poor quality.
noun
  1. A person who is stingy, a miser.
  2. Something produced and sold for low cost.
  3. A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position.

Pronunciation

En-au-cheapo.ogg

Word forms

cheapo more cheapo most cheapo cheapos

Etymology

From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix).

Synonyms

cheap cheapie el cheapo bargainous brand X budget cheapo cheesy competitive economic economical inexpensive low-cost low-end low-priced nickel sixpenny tinhorn two a penny unexpensive piker skinflint tightwad carl cheapass cheapskate churl clutchfist last of the big spenders magpie miser moneygrubber muckworm nickel nurser nig niggard nigon nipcheese nipfarthing penny-father penny pincher pickpenny pinch-commons pinch-gut pincher pinchfist pinchpenny scrimp scrooge snudge squirrel tight-arse tack ticky-tack tawdry

Related words

el cheapo
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