Synonyms of skinflint

skinflint

noun

ˈskin-ˌflint 

as in miser

a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money

the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keep the team from acquiring any real talent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• miser
• hunks
• tightwad
• cheapskate
• piker
• penny-pincher
• scrooge
• churl
• saver
• hoarder
• pack rat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spendthrift
• prodigal
• spender
• wastrel
• waster
• profligate
• squanderer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skinflint

Maybe that’s unfair, but Boston’s skinflint reputation has been well earned. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 Jan. 2026

The Pat McAfee Show is the purest manifestation of the skinflint era of ESPN. — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2024

So is the criticism not about his being a skinflint, but something else annoying—a fussbudget, a gadfly? — A.e. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023

Gone are the days of some teams having nearly their entire 40-man roster in uniform and those with skinflint owners having only a few extras. — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022