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costive

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Synonyms & Antonyms of costive

as in closefisted, stinting

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for costive

cheap,
close,
closefisted,
illiberal
[archaic],
mingy,
miserly,
niggardly,
parsimonious,
penurious,
selfish,
stingy,
stinting,
tight,
tightfisted,
uncharitable,
ungenerous

mean,
petty,
small

frugal,
spare,
sparing,
thrifty

chary,
stinting

acquisitive,
avaricious,
avid,
coveting,
covetous,
desirous,
grasping,
hoggish,
itchy,
mercenary,
rapacious

begrudging,
envious,
grudging,
resentful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for costive

bighearted,
bounteous,
bountiful,
charitable,
free,
freehanded,
freehearted,
fulsome,
generous,
liberal,
munificent,
open,
openhanded,
unselfish,
unsparing,
unstinting

extravagant,
handsome,
lavish,
overgenerous,
profuse

altruistic,
beneficent,
benevolent,
hospitable,
humanitarian,
philanthropic
(also philanthropical)

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costing

costive

costless

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“Costive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costive. Accessed 7 Jul. 2022.

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