- Today we're learning some
very useful vocabulary, keep on watching to
learn some different ways to say cheap and expensive. 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 stick with me and learn some new great words. 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 or you can use low-priced. 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 a synonym for cheap. 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 good sale or deal. 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. It's costly. 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 it's worth a lot of money. - 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 would be valuable. 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 kind of luxurious. 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, please give us some love,
thumbs up, share, whatever you want to do. I also hope
that your purchases in the future are not exorbitant
or extravagant. But instead they are reasonable and affordable. Thanks for watching and
I'll see you next time. Bye.
