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
scrooges
noun
as in misers
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
- misers
- hunks
- skinflints
- tightwads
- cheapskates
- pikers
- penny-pinchers
- niggards
- savers
- hoarders
- churls
- pack rats
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- spendthrifts
- spenders
- wastrels
- wasters
- prodigals
- profligates
- squanderers