scrooge
noun
ˈskrüj 
often capitalized
: a miserly person
Synonyms
- cheapskate
- churl
- hunks
- miser
- niggard
- penny-pincher
- piker
- skinflint
- tightwad
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it
Recent Examples on the Web The trailer begins with Clarke as a disillusioned scrooge who hates her job as an elf at the local Christmas shop. 
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019 And blue America’s bitter scrooges impatiently explained why this outpouring of corporate largesse was actually bad. Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 21 Dec. 2017
Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019 And blue America’s bitter scrooges impatiently explained why this outpouring of corporate largesse was actually bad. Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 21 Dec. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Ebenezer Scrooge, character in the story A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
scrooge
noun
as in miser
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- miser
- hunks
- tightwad
- skinflint
- cheapskate
- niggard
- piker
- penny-pincher
- saver
- hoarder
- churl
- pack rat
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- spendthrift
- spender
- wastrel
- waster
- prodigal
- squanderer
- profligate
- make a big deal (out) of (something)
- make a big deal of
- make a big deal of something
- make a big deal out of
- make a big deal out of something
- make a big difference
- make a big thing about of
- make a big thing about of something
- make a big thing about/out of (something)
- make a big thing out of
- make a big thing out of something
- make a bolt for
- make a bolt for it
- make a botch of
- make a break for
- make a buck
- make a chill run down someone's spine
- make a chill run up someone's spine
- make a chill/shiver run up/down someone's spine
- make a clean break
- make a clean breast of
- make a comeback
- make a comparison
- make a complete recovery
- make a complete/full recovery