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miserly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of miserly

giving or sharing as little as possible

my brother, who is notoriously miserly, surprised us when he offered to pick up the tab

Synonyms of miserly

cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

Words Related to miserly

careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordid

begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful

Near Antonyms of miserly

altruistic, selfless, unselfish

extravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse

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

compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted

thriftless, unthrifty

dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting

Antonyms of miserly

bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting

Synonym Discussion of miserly

stingy, close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly mean being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others. stingy implies a marked lack of generosity.

- a stingy child, not given to sharing

close suggests keeping a tight grip on one's money and possessions.

- folks who are very close when charity calls

niggardly implies giving or spending the very smallest amount possible.

- the niggardly amount budgeted for the town library

parsimonious suggests a frugality so extreme as to lead to stinginess.

- a parsimonious lifestyle notably lacking in luxuries

penurious implies niggardliness that gives an appearance of actual poverty.

- the penurious eccentric bequeathed a fortune

miserly suggests a sordid avariciousness and a morbid pleasure in hoarding.

- a miserly couple devoid of social conscience

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