cheapjack
1 of 2noun
cheap·jack ˈchēp-ˌjak 
1
: a haggling huckster
2
: a dealer in cheap merchandise
cheapjack
2 of 2adjective
1
: being inferior, cheap, or worthless
cheapjack movie companies
2
: unscrupulously opportunistic
cheapjack speculators
Synonyms
Adjective
- bad
- bargain-basement
- bum
- cheap
- cheesy
- coarse
- common
- crappy [slang]
- cut-rate
- el cheapo
- execrable
- gimcrack
- inferior
- junky
- lousy
- low-grade
- low-rent
- mediocre
- miserable
- poor
- rotten
- rubbishy
- schlock
- schlocky
- shlock
- shlocky
- second-rate
- shoddy
- sleazy
- terrible
- trashy
- trumpery
- wretched
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Example Sentences
Adjective a cheapjack little watch that I wear on camping trips
Recent Examples on the Web
John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
Noun
In the basements and dive bars a very different sound was happening -- and not just the sound of bottles of cheapjack whiskey smashing against the walls. John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018 Word History
Etymology
Noun
cheap + the name Jack
First Known Use
Noun
1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1
cheapjack
adjective
as in cheap
of low quality a cheapjack little watch that I wear on camping trips Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cheap
- poor
- terrible
- inferior
- rotten
- bad
- schlock
- coarse
- gimcrack
- shoddy
- rubbishy
- wretched
- execrable
- worthless
- shlocky
- common
- mediocre
- trumpery
- sleazy
- schlocky
- junky
- low-rent
- cheesy
- trashy
- crappy
- useless
- shlock
- cut-rate
- lousy
- low-grade
- counterfeit
- fake
- miserable
- bum
- bargain-basement
- second-rate
- meretricious
- tawdry
- kitschy
- kitsch
- garish
- gaudy
- valueless
- lackluster
- el cheapo
- glitzy
- showy
- swank
- ostentatious
- flashy
- shabby
- tacky
- indifferent
- seedy
- phony
- splashy
- swanky
- sham
- ultracheap
- brummagem
- second-class
- phoney
- supercheap
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- superior
- excellent
- good
- fine
- first-rate
- high-grade
- tasteful
- first-class
- top-notch
- elegant
- handsome
- polished
- refined
- handcrafted
- panachure
- panada
- panadas
- panadoles
- panadols
- panage
- panagia
- Panaji
- panama
- Panama balata
- Panama bark
- panama canal zone
- panama city
- Panama City
- Panama disease
- panama hat
- panama hat palm
- Panama hat plant
- Panama ipecac
- Panama orange
- Panama Red
- Panama redwood
- panama wood
- Panama, Gulf of
- Panama, Isthmus of