PINCHPENNY Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

pinchpenny

adjective

ˈpinch-ˌpe-nē

Definition of pinchpenny

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

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Adjective

There’s that Japanese concept of space and pause—in the wide corridors, the uncluttered lobby, the careful symmetry.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
The first step was to tailor it to her size, while being careful to preserve the bespoke construction.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 5 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

Also on Weekend Update, James Austin Johnson portrayed a selfish Kevin O’Leary, the Shark Tank investor who is backing a massive data center campus in northwest Utah.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
That’s also how Violet is thinking about their portrayal of Maureen, whose eccentric performance art and selfish behavior often give the character a bad rap.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of selfish

Adjective

For context, the 27-inch ELF-SR2 sells for around ¥550,000 in Japan, so this is a dramatically cheaper way into Sony's 3D ecosystem, landing in the same ballpark as the $299 Looking Glass Go.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026
This year’s conflict has shown the relative ease with which cheap drones can slip past some of the world’s most expensive air defense systems and hit pipelines, ports, and ships.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of cheap

Adjective

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
Who Hosts The Shower Some people are adamant that the immediate family of a bride or parent-to-be should never host the shower, suggesting that such a move seems self-serving or like a greedy call for gifts.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of greedy

Adjective

Worst of all are those who claim to be super Christian and then embrace public servants who are just plain mean, carrying themselves like adolescent schoolyard bullies without compunction.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
Pain at the pump In several of the states with close Senate races, voters face gas prices that have climbed higher, and more sharply, than the mean nationwide prices over the same period.

— Alexandra Meier, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of mean

Adjective

Into this murky brew come companies that are desirous of using AI and finding a means to stir their employees towards becoming avid users of AI.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Dracula and his brides are not the only hungrily desirous characters on display.

— Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026

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pin (down)

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