el cheapo
adjective
(ˌ)el-ˈchē-(ˌ)pō 
ˈel-
slang
: cheap sense 2a
Synonyms
- affordable
- bargain-basement
- budget
- cheap
- cheapie
- cheapo
- chintzy
- cut-price [chiefly British]
- cut-rate
- dime-store
- dirt cheap
- inexpensive
- low
- low-end
- popular
- reasonable
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Example Sentences
took an el cheapo vacation, staying at a friend's cabin the whole time he bought el cheapo sneakers from someone on a street corner
Word History
Etymology
Spanish el the + English cheap + Spanish -o (masculine noun ending)
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above
el cheapo
adjective
1
as in cheap
costing little took an el cheapo vacation, staying at a friend's cabin the whole time Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cheap
- reasonable
- inexpensive
- affordable
- dirt cheap
- popular
- low
- cheapo
- budget
- cheapie
- chintzy
- reduced
- cut-price
- low-end
- discounted
- discount
- lowered
- cut-rate
- bargain-basement
- worthless
- moderate
- dime-store
- cheapish
- wholesale
- valueless
- ultracheap
- supercheap
- fire-sale
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- valuable
- expensive
- high
- costly
- pricey
- precious
- deluxe
- dear
- premium
- increased
- unreasonable
- prohibitive
- inflated
- steep
- pricy
- ultraexpensive
- spendy
- superexpensive
- exorbitant
- overpriced
- invaluable
- stiff
- extravagant
- prohibitory
- high-ticket
- priceless
- luxurious
2
as in terrible
of low quality he bought el cheapo sneakers from someone on a street corner Synonyms & Similar Words
- cheap
- terrible
- poor
- bad
- inferior
- common
- rotten
- coarse
- worthless
- junky
- useless
- shoddy
- crappy
- wretched
- rubbishy
- mediocre
- cheapjack
- miserable
- lousy
- cheesy
- execrable
- sleazy
- trashy
- bum
- gimcrack
- shlocky
- schlock
- trumpery
- counterfeit
- schlocky
- low-rent
- fake
- low-grade
- shlock
- lackluster
- cut-rate
- bargain-basement
- valueless
- second-rate
- indifferent
- meretricious
- brummagem
- tawdry
- kitschy
- shabby
- glitzy
- kitsch
- ultracheap
- gaudy
- flashy
- swank
- ostentatious
- sham
- showy
- swanky
- tacky
- splashy
- garish
- second-class
- seedy
- supercheap
- phony
- phoney
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- excellent
- good
- superior
- fine
- elegant
- handsome
- top-notch
- first-rate
- first-class
- tasteful
- high-grade
- polished
- refined
- handcrafted
- strangered
- strangerhood
- strangering
- strangers
- strangership
- strangest
- Strangite
- strangle
- strangled
- stranglehold
- strangleholds
- stranglements
- strangler
- strangler fig
- strangler tree
- stranglers
- strangles
- strangletare
- strangleweed
- strangling
- strangling fig
- stranglings
- strangulate
- strangulated
- strangulated blade