Cheap and Profligate

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Cheap adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.

Usage example: a cheap coworker who never contributes to the collections taken up in the office

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Profligate is an antonym for cheap.

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Profligate adjective - Given to spending money freely or foolishly.

Usage example: profligate movie producers hoping to create the next blockbuster

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Cheap is an antonym for profligate.

Nearby Word: profligacy

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Profligate and Cheap. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheap/profligate

Cheap & Profligate. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheap/profligate>.

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