tight-fisted
/ˌtʌɪtˈfɪstɪd
/adjective informal
Not willing to spend or give much money; miserly: tight-fisted to the point of miserliness...
- You know how tight-fisted with money Jeremy is.
- He muttered, ‘Give me my money, you tight-fisted jerk.’
- Hopefully the tight-fisted owner will put that money back into the baseball team, as I believe there is a way for this team to contend soon.
Synonyms
mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, penurious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close
informal stingy, mingy, tight
North American informal cheap
vulgar slang tight-arsed
archaic near
