penny-pinching
English Thesaurus
1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | frugality, frugalness, |
definition | : | prudence in avoiding waste (noun.attribute) |
2. giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)
similar | : | stingy, ungenerous, |
definition | : | unwilling to spend (adj.all) |
3. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny, |
definition | : | giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all) |
derivation | : | parsimonious, penurious, |
definition | : | excessively unwilling to spend (adj.all) |
derivation | : | thrifty, |
definition | : | careful and diligent in the use of resources (adj.all) |
4. giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)
derivation | : | closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness, |
definition | : | extreme stinginess (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift, |
definition | : | extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute) |
5. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny, |
definition | : | giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all) |
derivation | : | parsimonious, penurious, |
definition | : | excessively unwilling to spend (adj.all) |
derivation | : | thrifty, |
definition | : | careful and diligent in the use of resources (adj.all) |
6. giving or spending with reluctance (adj.all)
derivation | : | closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness, |
definition | : | extreme stinginess (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift, |
definition | : | extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute) |
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