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pinchpenny

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Synonyms & Antonyms of pinchpenny

giving or sharing as little as possible

her pinchpenny parents aren't likely to loan her the money she needs for the down payment

Synonyms for pinchpenny

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

Words Related to pinchpenny

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

inhospitable

Near Antonyms for pinchpenny

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 for pinchpenny

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

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Thesaurus Entries Near pinchpenny

pinch pennies

pinchpenny

pin (down)

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“Pinchpenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinchpenny. Accessed 6 Dec. 2021.

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The first known use of pinchpenny was in 1582

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