penurious

English Thesaurus

1. excessively unwilling to spend (adj.all)

similar	:	stingy, ungenerous,
definition	:	unwilling to spend (adj.all)

2. not having enough money to pay for necessities (adj.all)

similar	:	poor,
definition	:	having little money or few possessions (adj.all)

3. excessively unwilling to spend (adj.all)

derivation	:	closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness,
definition	:	extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	penuriousness,
definition	:	a disposition to be niggardly with money (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift,
definition	:	extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)

4. not having enough money to pay for necessities (adj.all)

derivation	:	indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury,
definition	:	a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun.state)

derivation	:	impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness,
definition	:	a state of lacking money (noun.state)

5. excessively unwilling to spend (adj.all)

derivation	:	closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness,
definition	:	extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	penuriousness,
definition	:	a disposition to be niggardly with money (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift,
definition	:	extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily (noun.attribute)

6. not having enough money to pay for necessities (adj.all)

derivation	:	indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury,
definition	:	a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun.state)

derivation	:	impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness,
definition	:	a state of lacking money (noun.state)