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Synonyms & Antonyms for mingy
Synonyms
- cheap,
- chintzy,
- close,
- closefisted,
- mean,
- miserly,
- niggard,
- niggardly,
- parsimonious,
- penny-pinching,
- penurious,
- pinching,
- pinchpenny,
- spare,
- sparing,
- stingy,
- stinting,
- tight,
- tightfisted,
- uncharitable,
- ungenerous
Antonyms
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- charitable,
- freehanded,
- generous,
- liberal,
- munificent,
- openhanded,
- unsparing,
- unstinting
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“Mingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mingy. Accessed 26 May. 2022.
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