closefisted

close·fist·ed

adj \ˈklōs-ˌfis-təd\

Definition of CLOSEFISTED

: stingy, tightfisted

Examples of CLOSEFISTED

1. <closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses>

First Known Use of CLOSEFISTED

1608

Related to CLOSEFISTED

Synonyms: cheap, chintzy, close, stingy, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

Antonyms: bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting

Related Words: careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty; acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordid; begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful; inhospitable

Near Antonyms: altruistic, selfless, unselfish; extravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse; beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical); compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted; thriftless, unthrifty; dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting

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Rhymes with CLOSEFISTED

enlisted, ham-fisted, hardfisted, limp-wristed, tightfisted, two-fisted, unlisted, untwisted, white-listed