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tightfisted
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tightfisted
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miserly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy, stingy |
| Synonyms: | abject, avaricious, beggarly, cheapskate, churlish, close, close-fisted, covetous, grasping, ignoble, illiberal, mean, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skinflint, sordid, tightfisted, ungenerous |
| Antonyms: | generous, giving, liberal |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | tight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
| Synonyms: | cheap, close, grasping, mean, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, sparing, tightfisted |
| Notes: | the choice of 'tight' or 'tightly' depends on whether it is the result or the application that is emphasized; if it is an enduring state, you would use 'tight' |
| Antonyms: | free, giving |
| Main Entry: | close-fisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
| Synonyms: | cheap, close-handed, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, tight, tightfisted |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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