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stingy
Synonyms and Antonyms of stingy
- Until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy, heartless miser.
altruistic, selfless, unselfish
extravagant, lavish, overgenerous, profuse
beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)
compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted
dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting
- a stingy serving of mashed potatoes
thin on the ground
Synonym Discussion of stingy
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- a stingy child, not given to sharing
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- folks who are very close when charity calls
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- the niggardly amount budgeted for the town library
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- a parsimonious lifestyle notably lacking in luxuries
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- the penurious eccentric bequeathed a fortune
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- a miserly couple devoid of social conscience
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