as in careful
giving or sharing as little as possible
closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closefisted
Adjective
-
Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026 -
These soft and chewy treats are the result of dozens of careful recipe tests.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
Traffic concerns remained a prominent theme of the more than 100 emails the city received in early December, but many people expressed excitement at the prospect of a closer Costco.—
Rose Evans
January 8,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
-
The Clippers raced to a 14-5 lead, but the Knicks answered with eight straight points and the game was close for the first three quarters.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
Loveland caught eight passes for 137 yards for the Bears, who had closed the regular season with tight losses to San Francisco and Detroit.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
-
As temperatures drop and humidity plummets, the skin’s natural moisture levels decline faster, fine lines look more pronounced, and that tight, uncomfortable feeling can become a near-daily occurrence.—
Colleen Sullivan,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
Freedom and rule of law were defended last night, but dictators will try to exploit this to rationalize their selfish objectives.—
Rachel Scott,
ABC News,
3 Jan. 2026
-
Even though a lot of what happens in the book borders on the ridiculous because of the behavior of narcissistic selfish venal individuals.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
-
Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have designed a new sodium-sulfur battery with higher power density and discharge capacity than before, enabling a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
-
Fentanyl is cheap, compact, and lethal at microscopic doses, produced through decentralized networks designed to survive disruption.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
The song is a painfully cynical look at music fandom, the record industry, and how tragic deaths are exploited for cash by greedy executives.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 Jan. 2026
-
Carrey portrays Ebenezer Scrooge, a cantankerous, greedy old man visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his ways.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
-
Not because the moms themselves are toxic people, but because the dynamic shifts into an ugly place with mean-girl behavior.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
-
To make matters worse, charging nonresidents more than residents pay is mean-spirited and unfair.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
Their friends don’t have as many spare rooms.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
-
The beauty mogul mingled with stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Chalamet's co-star Odessa A'zion and definitely spent her spare seconds hanging on to to her boyfriend, who took home the award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy during the night.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Closefisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closefisted. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
