scrooge

scrooge

noun, often capitalized \ˈskrüj\

Definition of SCROOGE

: a miserly person

Examples of SCROOGE

1. <her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it>

Origin of SCROOGE

Ebenezer Scrooge, character in the story A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens

First Known Use: 1899

Related to SCROOGE

Synonyms: cheapskate, churl, hunks, niggard, penny-pincher, piker, miser, skinflint, tightwad

Related Words: hoarder, pack rat, saver

Near Antonyms: prodigal, profligate, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel

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Rhymes with SCROOGE

huge, kludge, Lodz, scrouge, stooge