Synonyms for cheeseparing
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Stingy — niggardly, stingy
stingy, mean, close, near, skinny, shabby, penny-pinching, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, chintzy, penurious, illiberal, ungenerous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Niggardly, stingy.
Example sentences
- skinny Tom and Mary were very skinny when they were kids.
- stingy Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.
- miserly The principal was always miserly with words.
By length
- 4 letters
- mean1, near1
- 5 letters
- close1
- 6 letters
- skinny2, shabby2, stingy2
- 7 letters
- miserly3, chintzy2
- 9 letters
- illiberal, niggardly3, penurious4
- 10 letters
- ungenerous
- 12 letters
- parsimonious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (skinny2 = 2 syllables).