| Main Entry: | costive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
cheap, close, close-fisted, frugal, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, tight, tightfisted |
| Main Entry: | costive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constipated |
Synonyms: |
blocked, clogged, obstructed, plugged |
| Main Entry: | penurious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, cheap, chintzy, close-fisted, costive, curmudgeonly, economical, frugal, greedy, hoarding, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise, pinchpenny, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrifty, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | stingy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | penny-pinching, averse to spending money |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy, churlish, close, close-fisted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, ignoble, illiberal, ironfisted, mean, miserly, narrow, near, parsimonious, pennywise, penurious, petty, pinchpenny, rapacious, saving, scrimping, scurvy, selfish, skimping, sordid, sparing, thrifty, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving |
Antonyms: |
generous, spendthrift, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | constipated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound |
Synonyms: |
costive, obstructed |
Antonyms: |
regular |
| Main Entry: | slowly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | at a slow pace |
Synonyms: |
bit by bit, costive, leisurely, sluggish, tardy, unhurried |
Antonyms: |
fast, quickly, rapidly |
| Main Entry: | hard-fisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy, churlish, close, close-fisted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, ignoble, illiberal, ironfisted, mean, miserly, narrow, near, niggard, niggardly |
| Main Entry: | pinching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy, churlish, close, close-fisted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, hard-fisted, ignoble, illiberal, ironfisted, mean, miserly, narrow, near, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise, penurious, petty, pinchpenny, rapacious, saving, scrimping, scurvy, selfish, skimping, sordid, sparing, thrifty, tight*, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving |