closefisted

adjective

ˈklōs-ˌfi-stəd How to pronounce closefisted (audio)
Definition of closefistednext
as in careful
giving or sharing as little as possible closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closefisted
  1. careful
  2. close
  3. tight
  4. selfish
  5. cheap
  6. greedy
  7. mean
  8. spare
Adjective
  • This may reduce duplication, although temporary processing, logging, vendors and model-provider retention policies still need careful review.
    — Steve Dawson, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • That flexibility could benefit experiments and sensitive equipment requiring careful handling after landing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of careful
Adjective
  • Hours after the attack, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said authorities found the bodies of three of the suspect's close family members -- two women and a man -- inside of his home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 100 miles northeast of Krakow.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Purdue cut the deficit to 34-29 on Ijeboi's TD run but couldn't get any closer.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of close
Adjective
  • Covering outdoor spigots and ensuring doors and windows are sealed tight are just a few of the items to check off the list.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The surrounding gate offers tighter control over current flow, helping address the challenges of further transistor scaling.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of tight
Adjective
  • Anyone see any think pieces about how Reese is being selfish?
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The film follows an authoritarian regime who have set up a kind of survival game to choose the most selfish (and therefore best) soccer striker from 300 candidates, with the ultimate aim of winning Japan the World Cup.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of selfish
Adjective
  • The surge provided Mexican extruders with cheap aluminum from distorted markets, producing plant closures, layoffs and lost investment throughout the American aluminum extrusion industry.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • But short of such a turn — short of a bunch of other, cheaper states all but abandoning their programs — the legislature and the industry need to figure out more innovative solutions than just tinkering with credits around the margins.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of cheap
Adjective
  • And speakers have at times pushed back against audience questions that blame all AI adoption on strawman arguments about greedy producers and execs who could afford to pay artists but simply don’t want to.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The current system also supports contexts of up to 1,024 tokens and proves an integer version of the model under greedy decoding.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of greedy
Adjective
  • Thus a sibling rivalry is born — turns out that Cinderella is also the mean stepsister that somebody else hates.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026
  • In addition, the current El Niño is expected to continue into early 2027 and boost annual global mean temperatures.
    — Oliver Trapnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of mean
Adjective
  • During the fall, take time to organize or get rid of spare trash, books, and boxes.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Low inventories and tight spare capacity could magnify further energy price spikes.
    — Jihad Azour, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of spare
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“Closefisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closefisted. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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