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scrooge

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrooge

a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money

  • her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it
Synonyms of scrooge

cheapskate, churl, hunks, miser, niggard, penny-pincher, piker, skinflint, tightwad
Words Related to scrooge

hoarder, pack rat, saver
Near Antonyms of scrooge

prodigal, profligate, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel

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