scrooge

scrooge

noun

Definition of SCROOGE

a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money <her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it>

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

Related Words hoarder, pack rat, saver

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