| Main Entry: | miser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who hoards money, possessions |
Synonyms: |
Scrooge, cheapskate, churl, harpy, hoarder, moneygrubber, penny-pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, stiff*, tightwad |
Antonyms: |
spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel |
| 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: | skinflint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheapskate |
Synonyms: |
Scrooge, hoarder, miser, moneygrubber, penny-pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, tightwad |
| 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: | tightfisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap |
Synonyms: |
chintzy, closefisted, economical, frugal, greedy, mean, mingy, miserly, money-conscious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise, penurious, pinchpenny, saving, scrimping, stingy, thrifty, tight*, tightwad, ungenerous |
| Main Entry: | tightwad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miser |
Synonyms: |
Scrooge, cheapskate, churl, hoarder, moneygrubber, penny-pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, skinflint, stiff |
| Main Entry: | penny pincher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stingy person |
Synonyms: |
cheapskate, cheese-parer, miser, moneygrubber, pinchpenny, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad |
Antonyms: |
philanthropist, spendthrift |
| 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 |