Cheap and Squandering

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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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Squandering is an antonym for cheap.

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Squandering adjective - Given to spending money freely or foolishly.

Usage example: the nightclub's ridiculous prices seem geared to squandering revelers with more money than sense

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Cheap is an antonym for squandering.

Nearby Words: squander, squandered, squanderer

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

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