Synonyms for penny-pinching
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
stingy, miserly, frugal, thrifty, ungenerous, niggardly, economic, economical, sparing, mean, skinny, close, near, penurious, cheeseparing, avaricious, canny, parsimonious, chintzy, prudent, shabby, illiberal
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
- n. 1
reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy.
Related words
- Other spellings
- pennypinching
Forms
- Plural
- penny-pinchings → thrifts, parsimonies…
Example sentences
- frugal He is not frugal so you can't trust him with money.
- stingy Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.
- thrifty Tom's not stingy, he's just very thrifty.
- miserly The principal was always miserly with words.
By length
- 4 letters
- mean1, near1
- 5 letters
- close1, canny2
- 6 letters
- skinny2, thrift1, shabby2, frugal2, stingy2
- 7 letters
- prudent2, sparing2, thrifty2, miserly3, chintzy2
- 8 letters
- economic4
- 9 letters
- illiberal, parsimony4, niggardly3, penurious4
- 10 letters
- economical5, avaricious, ungenerous
- 12 letters
- parsimonious5, cheeseparing
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (canny2 = 2 syllables).