- Today we're learning some very useful vocabulary,
keep on watching to learn some different ways
Now these two words, cheap and expensive, are among
the most common adjectives out there. And I thought
it would be time to teach you how to say them differently.
We don't always want to say this is cheap, this was
so cheap, this is so so cheap, (gibberish).
Boring. And it's not just boring, sometimes it doesn't
adequately describe something. So today
I'm going to give you different words that kinda more
accurately describes these two very important adjectives
because we work with them all the time.
So let's start with cheap, the first synonym, and this
is a direct synonym, meaning you can use it interchangeably
is inexpensive. So if something is inexpensive it means
it's cheap, it just doesn't cost a great deal.
- This one you can use for most things, so instead
of saying cheap, just say inexpensive.
Okay, now another direct synonym for cheap is
I forgot the word. Another direct synonym for cheap is
low-price. Again, this is interchangeably, so you can
use cheap, you can use inexpensive
The next synonym for cheap is affordable. Now, yes,
of course this is a synonym, we can talk about something
cheap being affordable, but I think I hear this a lot
with big ticket items, so if something that is kind
of usually expensive or usually is worth a lot of money.
So talking about things like a car or a house or
something that is usually very expensive. It doesn't
cost too much, it's cheaper than we expected to be.
Maybe we can say that it's affordable.
The next one is cost-effective. And this one
is one of those synonyms that has a very specific meaning.
So, not only is it cheap, but it produces some
good effect without costing a lot of money.
So, it's kinda like good for the price. Cost-effective.
It does the job and it doesn't have to cost you a lot.
Our next adjective is budget, and don't confuse this
one with the noun budget, because they mean slightly
different things. When used as an adjective just
stands for inexpensive. You know it's just
Our next synonym is reasonable, and this another one
that is not quite a direct synonym for cheap.
So if something is reasonable, it just kind of means
that the price is not necessarily too cheap, but
more like fair or moderate. Not too expensive.
- It's not more or less, it's just fair. But of course
you can use it as a synonym for cheap in the context
that you're talking about fair prices.
The next word is steal, and for this one I don't
the verb to steal, it's a noun. So when you
refer to something as a steal, that's kinda how we use it.
It just means that's so cheap, almost like you stole it.
- It shouldn't be that cheap, it should be illegal that
it's that cheap, but it is. So this one is probably one
of my favorites, because if I find something that's
a steal, I'm having a great day, don't have
to pay a lot of money, so life is great.
Our next synonym is bargain, and this one just kind of means
the same as steal, except steal is more informal.
But really, they mean the same thing, it just mean
something really really cheap. And usually bargain
has the implication that whatever item you bought,
you bought it on a sale for a price that's usually
much lower than expected and maybe you just got a really
Okay, so now that you know some wonderful
synonyms for cheap, how about we talk about expensive.
I just realized these are not gonna be as fun
as cheap, because nobody likes to talk about
expensive things. So we are going to start with the most
kinda direct synonym for expensive and this one is costly.
Now pay attention how you pronounce this word, because
you do not hear the t, it's a very subtle, almost
silent t. It just means costing a lot. If something's
costly, costs a lot of money. So, it's expensive.
Our next synonym is overpriced, and this one has a slightly
different meaning and it just kind a means if something
is overpriced, it cost more than it should. Yes, it's
expensive, but it shouldn't be this expensive. It just
it's way too much, it's overpriced.
The next one is pricey, and this is kinda like
costly, is kind of a direct synonym for expensive, and
it just means costing a lot of money. It's expensive.
The next one is valuable, and this one kinda
has two meanings, one of them is, obviously the directly
related to money. If something is valuable it means
- But it can also mean that it has another kind of
value as well. It doesn't necessarily have to be
about money. So something valuable to you could be
maybe something one of a kind.
- I'll say this many times when we're talking about
valuable, we are talking about, um, I hear to jewelry a lot.
So, you know, like her ring or earing or something
Our next word is extravagant, and I would say that this one
also has a slightly different meaning, usually when
something is extravagant, it cost a little
bit more than you can afford or more than you should
pay for it. Extravagant, is kind of connected to
like a life of luxury. So extravagant can also be more
than something reasonable, it's just too much.
Our next word is lavish, and I put extravagant and
lavish together because they are kind of related.
So when we're talking about lavish is kinda
still that idea of that life style. If it's something
that is elaborate, that's expensive, that a lot of
money was spent on it and maybe just something that
it's a little bit abundant. Lavish, it's really
So maybe you've notice that this words have kind of gone
from just, you know, expensive to like, crazy expensive.
Well, our next word is even crazier on the expensive scale.
And it is exorbitant. Something is exorbitant it means that
it is at an unreasonably high price, the price is so high
that it just, no. Why would you pay so much for this?
It is exorbitant. So whenever you use this word you
wouldn't just describe expensive, but you would describe
something so expensive that it is almost insane.
- Completely unreasonable, it doesn't make any sense,
yet it cost this much. Exorbitant.
And our next synonym is kind of an idiom.
Well, it's not kind of, it's an idiom. Therefore it's
a little bit less formal, and it is an arm and a leg.
It means very expensive not as expensive as exorbitant,
but it just means very very expensive.
Okay, so now I want you to practice this words
that we've just learn, so what I want you to do is
in the comments, use one of the words we learned and
tell us about something you think it's cheap or expensive.
Remember, the more you use the vocabulary the better
it will stick in your mind, so you know if you want to
tell us about ten things, twenty things,
whatever, the better you'll remember them.
I hope you enjoyed this lesson
and learned some new vocabulary words, if you did,
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want to do. I also hope that your purchases in the
future are not exorbitant or extravagant. But instead