Synonyms of pinchpenny

pinchpenny

adjective

as in careful

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 & Similar Words

• careful
• closefisted
• close
• tight
• pinching
• selfish
• greedy
• cheap
• desirous
• mean
• miserly
• ungenerous
• spare
• sparing
• parsimonious
• stingy
• penurious
• mingy
• stinting
• niggard
• tightfisted
• economical
• chintzy
• saving
• uncharitable
• small
• conserving
• penny-pinching
• economizing
• thrifty
• coveting
• niggardly
• mercenary
• avid
• frugal
• covetous
• hoggish
• avaricious
• chary
• grasping
• grudging
• sordid
• skimping
• shabby
• envious
• itchy
• scrimping
• begrudging
• acquisitive
• rapacious
• inhospitable
• resentful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bounteous
• liberal
• bountiful
• generous
• munificent
• charitable
• free
• openhanded
• unsparing
• unstinting
• altruistic
• selfless
• unselfish
• handsome
• benevolent
• extravagant
• lavish
• beneficent
• profuse
• greathearted
• overgenerous
• philanthropic
• philanthropical
• humanitarian
• magnanimous
• hospitable
• kindly
• freehanded
• compassionate
• unthrifty
• wasteful
• openhearted
• prodigal
• wasting
• profligate
• spendthrift
• squandering
• dissipating
• good-hearted
• thriftless
• splurging
• frittering

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• bounteous
• liberal
• bountiful
• generous
• munificent
• charitable
• free
• openhanded
• unsparing
• unstinting
• altruistic
• selfless
• unselfish
• handsome
• benevolent
• extravagant
• lavish
• beneficent
• profuse
• greathearted
• overgenerous
• philanthropic
• philanthropical
• humanitarian
• magnanimous
• hospitable
• kindly
• freehanded
• compassionate
• unthrifty
• wasteful
• openhearted
• prodigal
• wasting
• profligate
• spendthrift
• squandering
• dissipating
• good-hearted
• thriftless
• splurging
• frittering

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