" cut-rate "

1: costing little;

  * e.g., " ... opted for a cut-rate insurance policy because we didn't need anything more "

•  Synonyms : 

•  affordable,

•  bargain-basement,

•  budget,

•  cheap,

•  cheapie,

•  cheapo,

•  chintzy,

•  cut-price,

•  dime-store,

•  dirt cheap,

•  el cheapo,

•  inexpensive,

•  low,

•  low-end,

•  popular,

•  reasonable

•  Antonyms : 

•  costly,

•  dear,

•  deluxe,

•  expensive,

•  high,

•  high-ticket,

•  precious,

•  premium,

•  pricey,

•  spendy,

•  valuable

2: of low quality;

  * e.g., " ... a cut-rate motel that looked like the kind at which people in horror movies always end up "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad,

•  bargain-basement,

•  bum,

•  cheap,

•  cheapjack,

•  cheesy,

•  coarse,

•  common,

•  crappy,

•  el cheapo,

•  execrable,

•  gimcrack,

•  inferior,

•  junky,

•  lousy,

•  low-grade,

•  low-rent,

•  mediocre,

•  miserable,

•  poor,

•  rotten,

•  rubbishy,

•  schlock,

•  second-rate,

•  shoddy,

•  sleazy,

•  terrible,

•  trashy,

•  trumpery,

•  wretched

•  Antonyms : 

•  excellent,

•  fine,

•  first-class,

•  first-rate,

•  good,

•  high-grade,

•  superior,

•  top-notch