pinchpenny

pinch·pen·ny

adjective \ˈpinch-ˌpe-nē\

Definition of PINCHPENNY

: stingy, niggardly

Examples of PINCHPENNY

1. <her pinchpenny parents aren't likely to loan her the money she needs for the down payment>

First Known Use of PINCHPENNY

1582

Related to PINCHPENNY

Synonyms

cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, stingy, 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

Rhymes with PINCHPENNY

catchpenny, halfpenny, Kilkenny, sixpenny, so many, tenpenny, threepenny, truepenny, twopenny