Stingy

/ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/

Synonyms for "stingy" (143 found)

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Closest matches (29)

abstemious ascetic austere avaricious cheap cheeseparing chinchy chintzy close closefisted costive dwarfed dwarfish economical exiguous frugal grasping greedy hardfisted

Adjective(7 words)

as tight as dick's hatbandcheap cheeseparing chintzy closeclose as waxclose-fisted

Noun(1 words)

cheapskate

Adjective(2 words)

chintziest grudging

Strong matches (43)

illiberal impoverished infrequent jejune lean lenten limited little meager mean measly mingy miserly narrow near niggard niggardly paltry parsimoniouspenny pinching

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penny-pinching penny-wise penurious

Adjective(12 words)

illiberal mean miserable miserly narrow-fisted niggardly nipcheese parsimonious peddling penny-pinching penny-wise penurious

Adjective(7 words)

meager meagerly meagre measliest miserly noncharitable parsimonious

Noun(1 words)

mean something

Related words (71)

petty piddling pinchfisted pinching pinchpenny poor possessive puny rare save-all scaly scant scanty scarce scattered scotch scrawny screwy scrimp scrimping

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Adjective(5 words)

scrimpy thriftiest tightfisted uncharitable ungenerous

Adjective(11 words)

scrooge-like scrubby shabbystill got one's communion moneyswear tighttight as a ticktight-fistedtighter than dick's hatbandungenerous ungiving

Noun(1 words)

unsharing

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

descriptive adjectiveevaluative adjective

More specific

2 entries

penny-pinching tightfisted

Collocations

5 entries

parsimony mindsetpenny-pinchingstingy budgetstingy landlordtightfisted approach

Inflections

2 entries

stingier stingiest

Derivations

2 entries

stingily stinginess

Antonyms

1 entries

generous

similar

46 entries

bare beggarly cheap cheeseparing chinchy chintzy close closefisted deficient egocentric egoistic egoistical exiguous grudginghand-to-mouthhardfisted

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Sample sentences

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He may be rich, but he is stingy.

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Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.

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Take back what you said about me being stingy.

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Accordingly as people become rich, they are apt to be stingy.

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