| 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 |