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单词 closefisted
释义

closefisted

adjective

close·​fist·​ed ˈklōs-ˌfi-stəd How to pronounce closefisted (audio)
: stingy, tightfisted

Synonyms

  • cheap
  • chintzy
  • close
  • mean
  • mingy
  • miserly
  • niggard
  • niggardly
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • penurious
  • pinching
  • pinchpenny
  • spare
  • sparing
  • stingy
  • stinting
  • tight
  • tightfisted
  • uncharitable
  • ungenerous
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Example Sentences

closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses

Word History

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined above

closefisted

adjective

as in close
giving or sharing as little as possible closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • close
  • careful
  • pinchpenny
  • tight
  • pinching
  • selfish
  • cheap
  • greedy
  • stinting
  • tightfisted
  • sparing
  • spare
  • mean
  • miserly
  • desirous
  • parsimonious
  • stingy
  • saving
  • conserving
  • ungenerous
  • mingy
  • small
  • chintzy
  • economical
  • penurious
  • niggard
  • uncharitable
  • economizing
  • niggardly
  • penny-pinching
  • grasping
  • skimping
  • hoggish
  • coveting
  • thrifty
  • frugal
  • itchy
  • shabby
  • scrimping
  • envious
  • covetous
  • acquisitive
  • avaricious
  • begrudging
  • sordid
  • avid
  • resentful
  • grudging
  • chary
  • mercenary
  • inhospitable
  • rapacious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • generous
  • liberal
  • bountiful
  • bounteous
  • charitable
  • openhanded
  • unstinting
  • free
  • munificent
  • handsome
  • lavish
  • altruistic
  • selfless
  • extravagant
  • unsparing
  • unselfish
  • greathearted
  • freehanded
  • benevolent
  • overgenerous
  • profuse
  • hospitable
  • humanitarian
  • magnanimous
  • kindly
  • compassionate
  • philanthropic
  • philanthropical
  • beneficent
  • openhearted
  • wasting
  • wasteful
  • unthrifty
  • dissipating
  • prodigal
  • spendthrift
  • profligate
  • squandering
  • good-hearted
  • thriftless
  • splurging
  • frittering
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