cheap: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 12 letter points · starts with C · ends with P
Meaning of cheap
adj
Low or reduced in price.
Of poor quality.
Example: a writer of cheap romances
Of little worth.
- slang
Underhanded or unfair.
Listed forms: cheaper, cheapest, chap, chop.
Source: Wiktionary — cheap.
noun
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
A market; marketplace.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Price.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
A low price; a bargain.
Listed forms: cheaps, chap, chop.
Source: Wiktionary — cheap.
verb
- intransitive, obsolete
To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
- obsolete, transitive
To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
- obsolete, transitive
To buy; purchase.
- obsolete, transitive
To sell.
Listed forms: cheaps, cheaping, cheaped, chap, chop.
Source: Wiktionary — cheap.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for cheap.
adjective
relatively low in price or charging low prices
adjective
tastelessly showy
adjective
of very poor quality; flimsy
adjective
embarrassingly stingy
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cheap in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cheap
C(3) + H(4) + E(1) + A(1) + P(3) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of cheap
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from cheap
24 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cheap. Showing up to 24, longest first.