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tightwad

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Main Entry: tightwad
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: miser

Synonyms:

Scrooge, cheapskate, churl, hoarder, moneygrubber, penny-pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, skinflint, stiff
Main Entry: cheap
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: concerned with saving money

Synonyms:

mean, mingy, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy, thrifty, tight*, tight-wad
Notes: cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp
Main Entry: churl
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rude and ill-bred, a boor; person overly concerned with saving money

Synonyms:

beast, chuff, clodhopper, miser, mucker, niggard, oaf, peasant, provincial, rustic, tightwad, yokel
Main Entry: frugal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: economical

Synonyms:

Spartan, abstemious, canny, careful, chary, conserving, discreet, meager, meticulous, mingy, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimping, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight, tightwad, unwasteful, wary

Antonyms:

generous, lavish, spendthrifty, uneconomical, wasteful
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: parsimonious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: penny-pinching

Synonyms:

avaricious, chintzy, close, frugal, greedy, illiberal, mean, miserly, penurious, prudent, saving, scrimpy, selfish, skinflint, sparing, stingy*, tight*, tightfisted, tightwad

Antonyms:

generous, lavish, liberal
Main Entry: Scrooge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: skinflint

Synonyms:

cheapskate, meanie, misanthrope, misanthropist, miser, moneygrubber, niggard, penny-pincher, tightwad
Main Entry: skinflint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cheapskate

Synonyms:

Scrooge, hoarder, miser, moneygrubber, penny-pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, tightwad
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: penny pincher
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stingy person

Synonyms:

cheapskate, cheese-parer, miser, moneygrubber, pinchpenny, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad

Antonyms:

philanthropist, spendthrift
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