skinflint
/ˈskɪnflɪnt
/noun informal
A person who spends as little money as possible; a miser.Scots are dispelling their stereotype of being skinflints who hoard their money and live austere lives....
- A $100-million subway was planned in 1912, but city skinflints said they ‘lacked the necessary authorization.’
- ‘They have a reputation for being skinflints with no respect for decent pay and conditions,’ he said.
Synonyms
miser, penny-pincher, Scrooge, pinchpenny, niggard, cheese-parer
informal meanie, money-grubber, cheapskate
North American informal tightwad
vulgar slang tight-arse
- pleasantness
- Pleasanton
- pleasantry
- pleasant-sounding
- Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
- pleasant-tasting
- please
- pleased
- pleasedly
- pleasedness
- pleased to meet you
- please God
- please yourself
- plea side
- pleasing
- pleasingly
- pleasingness
- pleasurability
- pleasurable
- pleasurableness
- pleasurably
- pleasure
- pleasure boat
- pleasure center
- pleasure centre