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adjective
  2. 2
    American informal cheap and badly made

    Synonyms or related words for this sense of chintzy

    Cheap and inexpensive: cheap, economic, competitive, economy, economical, affordable, inexpensive, going cheap... more
  3. 3
    American informal someone who is chintzy does not like to spend money or give things to people

    Synonyms or related words for this sense of chintzy

    Careful with money: thrifty, economical, frugal, careful, mean, tight, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, close... more

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