as in miser
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money
a cheapskate who lived like a pauper, she was reputedly the wealthiest woman in the U.S. at the time of her death
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Recent Examples of cheapskate
The best choice for total cheapskates Maybe listening to a football game isn’t ideal.
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
Supporters of the new verification system have criticized those unwilling to pay as cheapskates or worse, and the argument would have an internal sort of logic if the new product did the same thing as the old product.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
Clearly, this isn't your cheapskate uncle's Spectra.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2022
Buffett may be, like Scrooge, kind of a cheapskate with personal expenditures, but unlike Scrooge (and unlike Gramm), Buffett believes that the wealthy are undertaxed.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
Supporters of the new verification system have criticized those unwilling to pay as cheapskates or worse, and the argument would have an internal sort of logic if the new product did the same thing as the old product.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
Clearly, this isn't your cheapskate uncle's Spectra.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2022
Buffett may be, like Scrooge, kind of a cheapskate with personal expenditures, but unlike Scrooge (and unlike Gramm), Buffett believes that the wealthy are undertaxed.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheapskate
Noun
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Rather than just a simple miser, this movie portrays Scrooge as more of a ruthless businessman who believes he’s justified in his actions, making the character more relatable and redemptive.—
Janey Tracey,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Dec. 2025
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And while those are all central elements of the story, most people forget that the transformation of the most famous miser in literary history, Ebenezer Scrooge, hinges on an incident with a young caroler that Scrooge recalls fairly early in the 1843 novella.—
Steve Palopoli,
Mercury News,
13 Dec. 2025
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Your customers can be tightwads or spendthrifts, and your products may be oriented to one or the other.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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But come Sunday, the tightwad could still walk away with the trophy.—
Jarrett Bell,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2022
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“Cheapskate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapskate. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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