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penny-pinching
penny pinchingn. Informal The practice of being extremely frugal in giving or spending money.
penny pincher n.pen′ny-pinch′ing (-pĭn′chĭng) adj.penny-pinching adj informal excessively careful with money ˈpenny-ˌpincher nThesaurus| Noun | 1. | penny-pinching - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarilyparsimoniousness, parsimony, thriftfrugality, frugalness - prudence in avoiding waste | | Adj. | 1. | penny-pinching - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"cheeseparing, near, skinny, closestingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" |
penny-pinchingnoun1. meanness, selfishness, parsimony, stinginess, miserliness, tight-fistedness, niggardliness, minginess (Brit. informal), penuriousness He is well known for his eccentric penny-pinching.
miserliness generosityadjective1. mean, close, near (informal), frugal, stingy, scrimping, miserly, niggardly, tightfisted, Scrooge-like, tight-arse (taboo slang), tight-arsed (taboo slang), mingy (Brit. informal), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), cheeseparing, snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) small-minded, penny-pinching administrators
mean kind, liberal, generous, prodigal, open-handed, unstinting, munificentpenny-pinchingadjectiveUngenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted.Translations
penny-pinching
Related to penny-pinching: penny pincherSynonyms for penny-pinchingnoun meannessSynonyms- meanness
- selfishness
- parsimony
- stinginess
- miserliness
- tight-fistedness
- niggardliness
- minginess
- penuriousness
Antonymsadj meanSynonyms- mean
- close
- near
- frugal
- stingy
- scrimping
- miserly
- niggardly
- tightfisted
- Scrooge-like
- tight-arse
- tight-arsed
- mingy
- tight-ass
- tight-assed
- cheeseparing
- snoep
- tight as a duck's arse
Antonyms- kind
- liberal
- generous
- prodigal
- open-handed
- unstinting
- munificent
Synonyms for penny-pinchingadj ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend moneySynonyms- cheap
- close
- close-fisted
- costive
- hard-fisted
- mean
- miserly
- niggard
- niggardly
- parsimonious
- penurious
- petty
- pinching
- stingy
- tight
- tightfisted
Synonyms for penny-pinchingnoun extreme care in spending moneySynonyms- parsimoniousness
- parsimony
- thrift
Related Wordsadj giving or spending with reluctanceSynonyms- cheeseparing
- near
- skinny
- close
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