Synonyms and Antonyms of el cheapo
1
costing little
- took an el cheapo vacation, staying at a friend's cabin the whole time
affordable, bargain-basement, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, chintzy, cut-price [chiefly British], cut-rate, dime-store, dirt cheap, inexpensive, low, low-end, popular, reasonable
increased, inflated
exorbitant, extravagant, overpriced, prohibitive, prohibitory, steep, stiff, superexpensive, ultraexpensive, unreasonable
invaluable, priceless
luxurious
costly, dear, deluxe, expensive, high, high-ticket, precious, premium, pricey (also pricy), spendy [chiefly Northwest], valuable
2
of low quality
- he bought el cheapo sneakers from someone on a street corner
bad, bargain-basement, bum, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, 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
