cheeseparing

cheese·par·ing

noun \-ˌper-iŋ\

Definition of CHEESEPARING

1

: something worthless or insignificant

2

: miserly economizing

— cheeseparing adjective

Examples of CHEESEPARING

1. <Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as a taskmaster so dedicated to cheeseparing that he would prefer that his employees freeze to death rather than splurge on heat.>

First Known Use of CHEESEPARING

1597

Related to CHEESEPARING

Synonyms: cheapness, parsimony, closeness, miserliness, niggardliness, penny-pinching, penuriousness, pinching, stinginess, tightfistedness, tightness

Related Words: conserving, economizing, economy, frugality, husbandry, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift; conservation, saving; husbanding, managing

Near Antonyms: bountifulness, bounty, generosity, largesse (also largess), liberality, openhandedness, openheartedness, philanthropy, unselfishness; extravagance, lavishness; dissipation, improvidence, prodigality, squandering, wastefulness

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Rhymes with CHEESEPARING

ball bearing, childbearing, seafaring, side bearing, talebearing, time-sharing, unerring, unsparing, wayfaring