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cheeseparing

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Synonyms and Antonyms of cheeseparing

the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money

Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as a taskmaster so dedicated to cheeseparing that he would prefer that his employees freeze to death rather than splurge on heat

Synonyms of cheeseparing

cheapness, closeness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, penny-pinching, penuriousness, pinching, stinginess, tightfistedness, tightness

Words Related to cheeseparing

conserving, economizing, economy, frugality, husbandry, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift

conservation, saving

husbanding, managing

Near Antonyms of cheeseparing

bountifulness, bounty, generosity, largesse (also largess), liberality, openhandedness, openheartedness, philanthropy, unselfishness

extravagance, lavishness

dissipation, improvidence, prodigality, squandering, wastefulness

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