Synonyms and Antonyms of cheesy
1
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste
- cheesy plastic knickknacks lined the fireplace mantel
graceless, inappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong
outmoded, out-of-date, passé
coarse, crude, unrefined, vulgar
cheap, common, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, tawdry
flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, grotesque, kitsch, kitschy, loud, ostentatious, overdone, showy, splashy
appropriate, becoming, correct, fitting, proper, right, seemly, suitable
conservative, genteel, handsome, neat, quiet, refined, restrained, simple, understated
contemporary, modern, up-to-date
à la mode (also a la mode), happening, in, modish, swank (or swanky)
chic, classic, classy, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, fine, posh, ritzy, smart, sophisticated, stylish, tasteful
2
of low quality
- a cheesy watch that he bought from a sidewalk vendor preying on tourists
bad, bargain-basement, bum, cheap, cheapjack, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, el cheapo, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock (or schlocky), second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched
useless, valueless, worthless
indifferent, lackluster, second-class
brummagem, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry
seedy, shabby, tacky
counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham
supercheap, ultracheap
