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
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Recent Examples of skinflint
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.
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Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
Manchin isn’t the only skinflint in American politics.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
The skinflint editor played, lackadaisically, by Mr. Murray is based on Harold Ross.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
Both political parties have endorsed a modest rate of taxation of the rich, and a wretched, skinflint system of welfare and social services.
—Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 9 June 2020
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Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
Manchin isn’t the only skinflint in American politics.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
The skinflint editor played, lackadaisically, by Mr. Murray is based on Harold Ross.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
Both political parties have endorsed a modest rate of taxation of the rich, and a wretched, skinflint system of welfare and social services.
—Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 9 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skinflint
miser
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Rather than just a simple miser, this movie portrays Scrooge as more of a ruthless businessman who believes he’s justified in his actions, making the character more relatable and redemptive.—
Janey Tracey,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Dec. 2025
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And while those are all central elements of the story, most people forget that the transformation of the most famous miser in literary history, Ebenezer Scrooge, hinges on an incident with a young caroler that Scrooge recalls fairly early in the 1843 novella.—
Steve Palopoli,
Mercury News,
13 Dec. 2025
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“Skinflint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skinflint. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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