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cheeseparing

noun

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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