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Miserly

//ˈmaɪ.zə(ɹ).li//

Synonyms for "miserly" (132 found)

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General use (118)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adjective(3 words)

mean tight mingy

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(9 words)

narrow limited abject grasping sparing pinching cheeseparing scrimp niggard

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(12 words)

ascetic spartan puny spotty mercenary skimpy illiberal ravening insatiable esurient grabby penny-pinching

Adjective(58 words)

sordid jejune watery paltry austere bottomless limitless greedy scanty gluttonous frugal unsatisfied swinish voracious chintzy ravenous selfish avid omnivorous rapacious

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Adj, verb(11 words)

impoverished meager scattered watered ignoble stunted skimping piddling straitened sparse stinted

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

Noun(3 words)

subsistence starvation save-all

Adj, adv(1 words)

Verb(2 words)

dwarfed sprinkled

Noun, verb(4 words)

devouring gobbling scrimping coveting

money hungry money mad penny pinching a hog for money-mad seldom met with seldom seen

Informal (14)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

mean spare lean slim

Adj, adv, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(4 words)

stingy measly money-hungry mingy

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